April 2012

Country 'A Strategic Partner of Italy'

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 17:42

[AIM] Rome - The Italian Minister of International Cooperation, Andrea Riccardi, regards Mozambique as "a strategic partner for Italy".

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161531.html

False Alarm Over South African Yacht

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 17:40

[AIM] London - The South African yacht that went missing off the coast of Pemba in northern Mozambique has been sighted by the European Union's anti-piracy aircraft and is safe.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161523.html

Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 17:38

[AIM] Maputo - The Bank of Mozambique has cut its key interest rates for the second time this year.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161508.html

First Lady Praises Matteo Zuppi

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 17:37

[AIM] Rome - Mozambique's First Lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, on Sunday praised the role played by Matteo Zuppi, a leader of the Catholic NGO, the Sant'Egidio Community, in helping end the war of destabilisation in Mozambique.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161507.html

Don't Just Lament, Guebuza Tells Youth Meeting

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 17:36

[AIM] Maputo - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Sunday warned young Mozambicans that "clubs of lamentations" in no way help solve the country's problems, but instead hold young people back on the fronts where they should be the greatest actors for change.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161504.html

Guebuza and Dhlakama Meet in Nampula

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 17:35

[AIM] Maputo - Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Sunday declared that his movement has no intention of going back to war, despite what he called "provocation" by the ruling Frelimo Party.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161498.html

Human Rights Commission in Mozambique

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 15:17

[OSISA] The newly formed Mozambican Human Rights Commission is rapidly taking shape. Recently, the five reprsentatives from civil society on the commission's oversight body were chosen and all five of them are representatives of current or former grantees of OSISA - MOCIZA, the Mozambican Human Rights League, Women's Lawyers Association and the Eduardo Mondlane Legal Aid Clinic/Centre for Human Rights and the Mozambican Law Society.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161176.html

Futsal National Team Returns From Mozambique

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 13:51

[SAFA] The South African Futsal (Indoor Soccer) National Team has arrived back in the country after playing two international friendly matches in Mozambique against the host country.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161008.html

CPLP Holds Extraordinary Meeting On Guinea-Bissau

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 09:04

[AIM] Lisbon - The Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) announced in Lisbon on Saturday evening that it reserves the right to propose the establishment of an intervention force for Guinea-Bissau, with a mandate to be determined by the United Nations Security Council.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204160176.html

Prime Minister Visits Brazil

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 16/04/2012 - 09:04

[AIM] Maputo - Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali arrived in Sao Paulo on Sunday for the start of a three day working visit to Brazil, which will be dominated by discussions of the cooperation ties between Mozambique and Brazil and how to expand them.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201204160175.html