Nampula, Mozambique News

Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has insisted that he will press ahead with organising demonstrations against the results of the 28 October general elections, which Renamo regards as fraudulent.

Brazil has plans to invest 300 million dollars to develop infrastructure in Mozambique, where the Latin American giant is a big investor in coal and biofuels, a Mozambican newspaper reported Thursday.

Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has once again threatened an "incendiary revolution", because of the alleged "theft of votes" in last week's general elections.

Former guerrilla fighters of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, have threatened to regroup in their old bases in the northern province of Nampula, unless last Wednesday's general elections are annulled.

Political parties in Mozambique have ended their campaigns as voters prepare to go to the polls Wednesday to choose a president, parliament and provincial assemblies.

As more results from Wednesday's general election reach Maputo, it is becoming ever clearer that the ruing Frelimo party has won a stunning victory.

Our journalists throughout the country report a high turnout today and that at 11 am most polling stations still had long queues, often more than 50 people.

The Mozambican election campaign ended on Sunday, with the three presidential candidates making last minute calls for votes in widely separated parts of the country - Armando Guebuza, of the ruling Frelimo Party, in the northern city of Nampula, Afonso Dhlakama, of the main opposition party, Renamo, in Maputo and Gaza, in the south, and Daviz ...

Mozambique's political parties prepared their final push for votes Sunday, the last day of campaigning for Wednesday elections that are widely expected to be won by ruling party Frelimo.

Sporadic acts of violence have continued to mar the Mozambican election campaign ahead of the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for 28 October.

Past elections in Mozambique have featured violence in other areas of the country throughout the campaign season, the election, and especially in the days and weeks following the announcement of election results.

A South African registered PA-31 light aircraft with registration number ZS -NPG crash landed into the northern Nampula airport on Friday minutes after take off from the same airport, the daily Noticias reported on Saturday, citing sources from the Mozambican airports company.

Scientists are urging farmers to cultivate and incorporate soybean into their local diets for improved nutrition and to generate income.

I wanted some adventure... I got it! And then I reach Ilha de Mozambique, the old capital of the country with a lot of Portuguese old buildings, arabic and asian influence, a real melting pot.

The Human Rights Associations Forum at the refugee centre of Maratane, in the Mozambican northern Nampula province, wrote a letter to the Provincial Police Command recently reporting alleged cases of abuse by the chief of the local police substation in the centre.

Corruption is "like drinking your brother's blood" Closure of day hospitals "irreversible" Grain processing plant for Zambezi Valley President praises Brazilian support EU support for seed production Vehicle inspection centres ready by October Domestic violence bill passed Zambezi Bridge inaugurated President Armando Guebuza on 1 August inaugurated ...

Corruption is "like drinking your brother's blood" Closure of day hospitals "irreversible" Grain processing plant for Zambezi Valley President praises Brazilian support EU support for seed production Vehicle inspection centres ready by October Domestic violence bill passed Zambezi Bridge inaugurated President Armando Guebuza on 1 August inaugurated ...

Maputo - The leader of Mozambique's main and oldest opposition party Resistencia Nacional de Mocambique , Afonso Dhlakama, will head the party for another five years.

On Monday parliamentary deputies of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo rioted in the parliamentary chamber, and on Tuesday they capped this by walking out en masse of the final session of this parliamentary sitting.

The Mozambican government and the World Bank on Friday signed two agreements in Maputo under which the World Bank is to provide loans of 75.6 million US dollars for projects in health and communications.