Mozambique

18/10/2011 - African news explained

Mozambique remembers Machel

This week Mozambique is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Samora Machel, the country's first presiden.

03/06/2011 - South Africa - Mozambique - report

South Africa, Mozambique combine to fight Somali pirates

Mozambique and South Africa have agreed to cooperate in fighting piracy, which is spreading south from Somalia.

A suspected pirate ship off the coast of Somalia

16/02/2011 - Somalia - Mozambique

Dozens of Somali migrants die in shipwreck

Fifty-one Somali migrants died after a vessel transporting them sank off the coast of Mozambique 10 days ago, police say.

26/01/2011 - South Africa

South Africa warned to prepare for months of new floods

South Africa was warned Wednesday to brace for months of pôssible flooding as more heavy rains and storms were predicted. The government admitted it was ill-prepared for the inundations ...

31/12/2010 - Rwanda - Bangladesh

Rwanda to send home Bangladeshi human trafficking victims

Rwandan and Bangladeshi authorities are working to deport 64 Bangladeshi men, victims of human trafficking, home to Bangladesh.

28/12/2010 - Crossroads

A year of World Cup fever, elections and rioting in Africa

This year has been eventful for Africa: 50 years of independence, elecvtions in Cote d'Ivoire, riots in Mozambique, and the World Cup held in South Africa.

12/10/2010 - Mozambique

Mozambique cabinet shuffled after food riots

Mozambiquan President Armanda Guebuza sacked a number of ministers in his cabinet and reshuffled others.

07/09/2010 - Mozambique

Mozambique to cut prices after mass arrests of rioters

Mozambique will reverse an increase in the price of bread and other essentials that sparked the violent riots that left 13 dead and more than 400 injured last week.

04/09/2010 - Spotlight on Africa

Mozambique riots, DRC genocide report and strikes in South Africa

Seven people die in Mozambique riots over rising food and fuel prices; a leaked UN draft report accuses the Rwandan army of genocide in the DRC; and the crippling public sector strike in South ...