Mozambique

Two million Mozambicans are in dire need of support and another 900.000 remain displaced by violence caused by terrorist groups or the effects of recent cyclones according to latest UNHCR reports

The country's fish production reached 218.000 tonnes in the first half of 2023; artisanal fishing accounted for about 95%, followed by industrial and semi-industrial fishing with 4% and aquaculture with 1%

President Nyusi has claimed immunity in the US$2 billion 'tuna bond' case, asking London's High Court to block allegations that he accepted illicit payments

Almost half of the taxes collected in Mozambique in 2022 will be collected through the "e-tributação" electronic tax management system, which is scheduled to be fully implemented by the end of this year

The government has dismissed as mischievous an article in the privately owned NewsDay newspaper that Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe's party, had engaged a militia group from neighboring Mozambique to help it win the upcoming harmonized elections by force

UK-based power company Globeleq has purchased Norwegian company Scatec's 52,5% stake in the 41 MW Central Solar de Mocuba photovoltaic plant in Mozambique

Sweco, a leading European engineering and architecture consultancy, will develop national energy system preparation and disaster management processes to protect infrastructure and energy supplies from extreme weather events and sea level rise

Largest ruby ever put up for auction, made from a 101-carat rough ruby found in Mozambican mine, was sold in New York for record sum of just under $35 million; the country is world's leading producer of this stone, controlling 40% of world trade

The activities of US cashew nut producer Sunshine Nut Company are questioned in a report on the humanitarian situation caused by the displacement of communities by a gas consortium in northern Mozambique

Interprovincial bus company 'Maning Nice' has shut down its operations and left about 500 workers unemployed; the reason would be the poor condition of the main north-south highway and the reduced flow of passengers

The main opposition party said voter registration problems could lead to 'under-registration' in the central and northern regions, where much of its electorate resides

Since February, more than 28.000 cases of cholera have been recorded, half of them involving children, Unicef said; Cyclone Freddy has shut down a hundred health centres and 250 drinking water points