Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) on Thursday announced that former defence minister Filipe Nyusi, the candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party has won the presidential election held on 15 October with 57 per cent of the vote.
23 October, 2014
Government launches hydrocarbon licensing round in London
The Mozambican government, through its National Petroleum Institute (INP), on Thursday launched the fifth licencing round for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in fifteen blocks.
20 October, 2014
Parallel count projects majority to Filipe Nyusi
The parallel count of the votes in last Wednesday’s Mozambican general elections still gives the ruling Frelimo Party and its presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi a substantial lead over their main rivals, Renamo and its candidate Afonso Dhlakama.
8 October, 2014
Government to take back unused land
The Mozambican government is threatening to take back land allocated to private individuals and companies which have not complied with the plans presented when they requested title to the land.
6 October, 2014
Zambezia preparing election logistics
The Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) in the central province of Zambezia has guaranteed that it is seeking to solve all the formidable logistical problems which this province poses so as to guarantee that all the voting material will be in place for the general and provincial el
3 October, 2014
New transit system for 2017
Maputo Municipal Council has announced that it expects work on dedicated bus lanes in some of the city’s major thoroughfares to begin in August 2015, and the first buses in the new system to begin operating in January 2017.
4 September, 2017
Over twenty thousand farmers benefit from mechanisation programme
From October 2016 to July this year, 21,045 Mozambican farmers benefitted from tractors to plough their lands, and other technological packages to improve agricultural production and productivity.
2 September, 2017
Moatize – Macuse project to begin in late 2018
The Mozambican Ministry of Transport and Communications announced in Maputo on 1 September that the construction of a new railway from the western province of Tete to Macuse, on the coast of Zambezia province, should begin in late 2018, and be concluded in the first quarter of 2021.
23 August, 2017
Five billion meticais for road maintenance
The Ministry of Public Works expects to spend five billion meticais on routine road maintenance this year.
30 October, 2014
