July 2012

Mozambican Elected to Law of Sea Technical Body

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Tue, 31/07/2012 - 08:59

[AIM]Maputo -Mozambican geo-scientist Estevao Mhanjane has been elected a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), a technical body of the United Nations set up under the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207310108.html

Brewery Sales and Profits Up

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Tue, 31/07/2012 - 08:57

[AIM]Maputo -Mozambique's sole brewing company, Cervejas de Mozambique (CDM - Beers of Mozambique) saw a rise in sales of 10.2 per cent and in operational profit of 20.8 per cent, in the year that ended on 31 March, according to the figures given to a CDM General Meeting held on Friday in Maputo.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207310103.html

Mining Company in Financial Difficulties

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Tue, 31/07/2012 - 08:56

[AIM]Maputo -The British mining company Noventa, whose Mozambican subsidiary, the Highland Mining Company, runs the Marropino tantalite mine in the central province of Zambezia has run into severe financial difficulties.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207310099.html

Frelimo Elects New First Secretaries

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Tue, 31/07/2012 - 08:47

[AIM]Maputo -Conferences of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party at the weekend elected new provincial committees, provincial first secretaries and delegates to the forthcoming Party Congress in all 11 provinces bar one (Maputo province).

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207310094.html

Junior Hoops Team Line Up Warm-Up Games

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Tue, 31/07/2012 - 08:43

[New Times]THE national U-18 men's basketball team will play three build-up matches as they continue their preparations for the African U-18 basketball tournament slated for Maputo-Mozambique from August 16-30.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207310089.html

Living With HIV in Mozambique

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Mon, 30/07/2012 - 16:53

[ThinkAfricaPress]With the help of MSF, Mozambique is thinking up innovative ways to combat HIV/AIDS.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207301086.html

Renamo Threatens to Boycott Elections

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 29/07/2012 - 16:47

[AIM]Maputo -A senior official in Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has threatened that Renamo will boycott next year's municipal elections, and the 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections, unless its demands over amendments to the electoral legislation are met, reports the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mocambique".

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207290344.html

Olympics - Mozambican Judoca Eliminated

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 29/07/2012 - 13:39

[AIM]London -The first Mozambican athlete to participate in the London Olympic Games, the judoka Neusio Sidauque, competing in the 60 kilos category, was knocked out in his elimination round on Saturday.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207290236.html

Frelimo Provincial Conferences Begin

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sat, 28/07/2012 - 18:03

[AIM]Maputo -Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party is holding provincial conferences, from Saturday until 3 August, to elect delegates to the Party's tenth congress, scheduled for late September in the northern city of Pemba, and to elect new provincial first secretaries.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207280500.html

Another Kidnap in Maputo

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sat, 28/07/2012 - 18:03

[AIM]Maputo -Despite the arrests of 11 members of a kidnap gang over the past fortnight, another Mozambican businessman has been abducted, bringing the number of known kidnap victims up to 23.

Source:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201207280499.html