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Out-going African Union chairman Joachim Chissano has announced he would not be seeking re-election as Mozambique's President in December as time for him to hand over had come.

The Organisation of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) gives a fairly upbeat analysis of the Mozambican economy in its annual \"African Economic Outlook\", published this week.

The 1,030 teachers who had received no wages since they signed their contracts with the government at the beginning of this school year in the central Mozambican province of Sofala will finally be paid as from Wednesday, according to a report in the Maput

The anti-corruption unit in the Mozambican Attorney-General's Office intends to investigate the sale of residence permits to foreigners not entitled to them, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the independent newsheet "Mediafax".

The World Bank's Board of Directors today approved a US$60 million credit to the Government of Mozambique to support the implementation of its poverty reduction support strategy in 2004.

Zimbabwe Television and Mozambican Television will on October 1 this year jointly hold a solidarity gala in Chimoio, Mozambique, to celebrate the friendship and close ties between the peoples of the two countries

The chairperson of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, Eduardo Mulembue, on Tuesday met with representatives of citizens who were once migrant workers in the now defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR), to inform them of the results

In order to improve the competitiveness of cashew businesses in Africa, and thus help restore the leadership position that many African countries' cashew industries once held in the global marketplace...

The cholera epidemic that struck Mozambique in the first months of the year claimed at least 115 victims, according to Health Minister Francisco Songane, cited in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".

The Mozambican Human Rights League (LDH) has criticised the country's trade unions for what it regards as their inability or unwillingness to deal with labour disputes.

Mozambican Transport and Communications Minister Tomas Salomao has warned that further investment in computerisation is "crucial" for the future of Africa.

Eduardo Mulembue, chairperson of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday broke his promise to meet once more with representatives of those citizens who were once migrant workers in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

The Norwegian oil company Det Norsk Olse-Selskap (DNO) started operations on Thursday to drill the first well for the prospection of natural gas at the Inhaminga Block, in the administrative post of Savane, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, re

The Anti-Corruption Brigade, set up inside the Attorney-General's Office, on Thursday opened a delegation in Beira, to serve the central region of Mozambique, and is soon to open another in Nampula, to serve the northern provinces.

An adventure motoring raid will happen from July 09 to August 10, linking the capital cities of Luanda (Angola) and Maputo (Mozambique), ANGOP learnt today.

A group of British parliamentarians met on Wednesday to consider the successes of Mozambique linked to debt relief, and to hear some of the contradictions in the world economy that counter such positive moves.

The Mozambican government laid, in the border town of Ressano Garcia on Wednesday, the first stone in the building of a pipeline to supply natural gas to the city of Matola.

About 300 people who had once been migrant workers in the now defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR) invaded the building of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday.

The Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama returned from Maputo, Mozambique on Monday evening where he attended the Fourth Summit of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Heads of State and Government, which took place from June 23-24 2004.

The Mozambican publicly owned electricity company, EDM, is planning to invest about 700 million US dollars in an effort to expand its grid to the entire country by 2020, reports Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".