APA-Maputo : (Mozambique) – The Mozambican cabinet on Thursday convened an emergency meeting and deployed an armed military force to clear barricades as outraged residents continued to protest, blocking roads and looting shops and banks in the capital for the second day of the bloodied riots ever witnessed here, ignited by soaring prices of commodities. [ ...Full Text... ]
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) The Mozambican minister of Industry and Trade, Antonio Fernando, said that tourist arrivals increased from 771,000 in 2007 to 1.9 million in 2008 i.e. an increase of 253% over the previous year and 2.3 million in 2009 i.e. an increase of 122% over the previous year, state-run Radio Mozambique reports on Thursday [ ...Full Text... ]
APA : Maputo-(Mozambique) Amnesty International has urged the Mozambican police not to use live ammunition to disperse demonstrations in the capital Maputo unless lives are at risk, the organization said on Thursday. [ ...Full Text... ]
APA-Maputo : (Mozambique) Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, has called for the immediate sacking of the Interior Minister Jose Pacheco after violent riots spread across Maputo with residents vandalizing shops and blocking roads and burning tyres in protests over the high cost of living, state-controlled Radio Mozambique. [ ...Full Text... ]
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) Mozambican president Armando Guebuza on Thursday called on residents in the capital Maputo to remain calm, serene and not adhere to any kind of agitation after ten people were killed on Wednesday in violent protests over high cost of living which spread over the city. [ ...Full Text... ]
