January 2010

Pescamar Suffers Another Fire

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 31/01/2010 - 16:12
Pescamar Suffers Another Fire - The Mozambican-Spanish fishing company Pescamar has suffered another fire on one of its vessels, just a week after two of its industrial fishing boats were destroyed by a fire in Beira port. [AA Network News]

CFM Hopes to Restore Traffic on Limpopo Line on Friday

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 31/01/2010 - 16:11
CFM Hopes to Restore Traffic on Limpopo Line on Friday - The Mozambican port and rail company, CFM, has promised to resume traffic along the Limpopo line, which links Maputo and Zimbabwe, on Friday, after a two day interruption caused by the torrential rains of Wednesday. [AA Network News]

Maputo Health Authorities Warn of Disease Outbreaks

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 31/01/2010 - 16:11
Maputo Health Authorities Warn of Disease Outbreaks - The Maputo City health authorities have warned residents of the capital to take precautions against cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases, following the torrential rains that inundated much of the city on Wednesday. [AA Network News]

Coal Fired Power Station Approved

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:03
Coal Fired Power Station Approved - The Australian company Riversdale Mining has announced that the Mozambican Environment Ministry has approved the environmental impact study for the construction of a coal fired power station at Benga, in the western province of Tete. [AA Network News]

Torrential Rains Drive Maputo Residents From Their Homes

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:02
Torrential Rains Drive Maputo Residents From Their Homes - Maputo City Council estimates that over 80 households in the city were driven from their homes by Wednesday's torrential downpours, and took refuge for the night in local schools. [AA Network News]

Hundreds of Maputo Houses Flooded

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:02
Hundreds of Maputo Houses Flooded - Wednesday morning's torrential rains in Maputo severely affected 316 households, containing 1,580 people, according to detailed information released on Thursday by the government's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC). [AA Network News]

Pescamar Suffers Another Fire

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:01
Pescamar Suffers Another Fire - The Mozambican-Spanish fishing company Pescamar has suffered another fire on one of its vessels, just a week after two of its industrial fishing boats were destroyed by a fire in Beira port. [AA Network News]

Maputo-Matola Maritime Roue Inaugurated

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:18
Maputo-Matola Maritime Roue Inaugurated - Mozambican Transport Minister Paulo Zucula on Saturday inaugurated a maritime transport route between the cities of Maputo and Matola. [AA Network News]

Coal Fired Power Station Approved

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:18
Coal Fired Power Station Approved - The Australian company Riversdale Mining has announced that the Mozambican Environment Ministry has approved the environmental impact study for the construction of a coal fired power station at Benga, in the western province of Tete. [AA Network News]

Superstitition Leads to Vandalism

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:17
Superstitition Leads to Vandalism - The Mozambican police have arrested seven people in the central district of Gorongosa, accused of assaulting a local chief, and damaging a radio repeater antenna on the Gorongosa mountain range, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". [AA Network News]