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Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a monument to the first President of independent Mozambique, Samora Machel, to be built in Independence Square, in front of Maputo City hall.

The Mozambican Ministry of Energy has announced a 20 per cent increase in the price of LPG cooking gas, taking effect as from Thursday.

The village of Mavoco, in the southern Mozambican district of Boane, about 30 kilometres from Maputo, received on Tuesday infrastructures for water supply, with the capacity for 30,000 cubic metres.

Mozambique's Minister of Industry and Trade, Antonio Fernando, declared on Tuesday that the government is working hard to place the country in a more favourable position for attracting investment.

Mozambican first lady Maria da Luz Guebuza on Saturday visited households headed by children, whose parents have died of AIDS, in the southern province of Inhambane.

Mozambique needs about 8.5 million US dollars, to be raised among the government's cooperation partners, to modernise and expand the meteorology network in the country.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday declared that the opportunities provided by satellite technology "should be shared by all in a partnership in which humanity is the first and last beneficiary".

Divisions inside the Forum of Returnees from the ex-GDR, which claims to represent the many thousands of Mozambicans who once worked in East Germany, burst into violence on Wednesday with a physical attack against the Forum's Coordinator, Alberto Mahuai.

Mozambican Agriculture Minister Tomas Mandlate believes that, after years of crisis, the cashew processing industry "is showing encouraging signs of recovery".

The chairperson of the Mozambican Human Rights League (LDH), Alice Mabota, on Thursday urged the country's gay and lesbian citizen to organise and fight for their rights.

The Bank of Mozambique is seeking stronger mechanisms to check the real financial situation of those who seek loans from the country's commercial banks, and other credit institutions.

Business confidence in Mozambique improved slightly in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest survey by the consultancy firm KPMG.

The main border post between Mozambique and Malawi, at Zobue, in Tete province, will shortly be open for 24 hours a day, Mozambican Defence Minister Tobias Dai announced on Wednesday.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday challenged the country's Post Office to operate as a savings institution and thus help transform the rural economy into business opportunities.

The Mozambican Defence Ministry, in an agreement with the Finance Ministry, has decided to increase military wages through a series of bonuses, for which both troops on active duty and those on the reserve list will qualify.

Companies that provide bulk water services can only become economically and financially sustainable if the bulk water rates are increased, Mozambique's National Water Council heard on Monday.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza praised on Thursday the Maputo Heart Institute (ICOR), a specialist heart surgery unit, for its work in relieving the suffering of many needy citizens.

Mozambique's former Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi received in Lisbon on Wednesday assurances from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) of its support for his candidacy for the post of General Director of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Mozambique's First Lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, on Tuesday urged the people of the southern district of Namaacha to abandon high risk traditional practices that can spread the HIV virus which causes AIDS.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday reaffirmed that peace has come to stay in Mozambique, and that this peace makes it possible to fight against poverty.