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Three Journalists Convicted of Threatening State Security Over Article Questioning Prime Minister's Citizenship

Sat, 09/06/2008 - 23:00 — system
Three Journalists Convicted of Threatening State Security Over Article Questioning Prime Minister's Citizenship - Three journalists working for "Zambeze" newspaper, an independent publication, charged for allegedly defaming the Prime Minister of Mozambique, Luísa Diogo, and of threatening state security, have been sentenced to 6 months in prison, converted to a monetary fine of 30 Mozambican Meticais (US$1.20). The ruling was made on 29 August 2008. [AA Network News]

Mercury Contaminating Chicamba Lake

Thu, 09/04/2008 - 22:45 — system
Mercury Contaminating Chicamba Lake - The waters of the lake behind the Chicamba dam, in the central Mozambican province of Manica, are being contaminated by the mercury used by illegal miners, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". [AA Network News]

Guebuza Urges Water Retention Schemes

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:09 — system
Guebuza Urges Water Retention Schemes - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Tuesday urged residents of Mabote district, in the southern province of Inhambane, to build small reservoirs to retain rain water, so that it could be used in periods of drought. [AA Network News]

Japanese Aid for Millennium Villages

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:09 — system
Japanese Aid for Millennium Villages - The Japanese government has pledged 10 million US dollars, spread over five years, to support Mozambique's Millennium Villages Programme. [AA Network News]

Fight Against Poverty a Prolonged Struggle

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:08 — system
Fight Against Poverty a Prolonged Struggle - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday warned the people of Inhassoro district, in the southern province of Inhambane, that the struggle against poverty will be lengthy - but if all Mozambicans are committed to this battle, then it will be successful, just as the war against Portuguese colonial rule was eventually crowned with success. [AA Network News]

Eradication of Poverty Calls for Mastery of Knowledge

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:08 — system
Eradication of Poverty Calls for Mastery of Knowledge - With the mastery of knowledge and hard work, Mozambique will win the fight against absolute poverty, declared President Armando Guebuza on Sunday. [AA Network News]

Maringue Residents Complains of Armed Men

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:07 — system
Maringue Residents Complains of Armed Men - Thousands of residents of the district of Maringue, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, on Saturday asked President Armando Guebuza to persuade Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the former rebel movement Renamo, to remove the armed Renamo members who are still stationed in Maringue, 16 years after the end of the war of destabilization. [AA Network News]

Guebuza Insists That Poverty Has Declined

Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:07 — system
Guebuza Insists That Poverty Has Declined - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Friday declared that those who argue that poverty has not declined in Mozambique suffer from "a deficit of information", that does not allow them to have a full view of what has been done over the past 16 years of peace and reconstruction. [AA Network News]

Putco-Mozambique Still Paralysed

Wed, 08/13/2008 - 18:01 — system
Putco-Mozambique Still Paralysed - The transport company PUTCO-Mocambique is threatening to take legal action because it has been prevented from operating for more than a fortnight, reports Monday's issue of the independent newsheet "Mediafax". [AA Network News]

Tenders for Projects in Central And Northern Regions

Wed, 08/13/2008 - 18:00 — system
Tenders for Projects in Central And Northern Regions - The Millennium Challenge Account-Mozambique is to launch tenders, before December, for the implementation of projects, budgeted at 95 million US dollars, in the central and northern regions of the country. [AA Network News]
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