Mozambique

The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking in Maputo, said it was necessary to intensify efforts to combat terrorism in Cabo Delgado as part of a global response

The Mozambican Basketball Federation needs 9 million meticais (about $140.860) to allow the national women's basketball team to participate in the Afro-Basketball qualifiers to be held in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, from 20 to 28 next month

About 7 million children under five were vaccinated against polio this year, with at least 31 million doses of vaccine made available

The country is preparing to eliminate the compulsory use of customs brokers for customs clearance of goods by the end of next year in order to address fiscal problems that result in high losses for the state

The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), the third largest party with parliamentary seats, has criticised the late announcement of this year's public service thirteenth month pay cut, just days before Christmas

As Mozambique approaches its 50th anniversary of independence in 2025, the country's Catholic bishops warn that the national dream of 'freedom and self-determination' is being shattered by terrorism, corruption and rampant poverty

The country has officially started exporting liquefied natural gas produced in the north, President Filipe Nyusi said, with a first shipment

Climate-resistant coffee trees have been planted and grown around Gorongosa National Park, a rainforest that has lost more than 100 hectares of tree cover per year over the past four decades

The European Union has signed six financing agreements with Mozambique, worth more than €148 million for development programmes

Huge titanium mineral deposits make the Moma mine in Mozambique one of the largest in the world; with an estimated 6 billion tonnes of mineral resources, the mine can be exploited for another century

African Development Bank has approved a $2,5 million grant to the government for the development of renewable energy resources and will be used to implement Mozambique's Renewable Energy Integration Programme

Six ministers from the current Mozambican government were among the new members elected to the Central Committee of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo)