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Welcome to our coverage of today’s football action. The focus for today is the World Cup qualifiers, especially South Africa’s match at 8:15pm CAT (SA, GMT+2). Updates Full Time: Nigeria 1-1 Kenya Congo 1 – 0 Gabon Cameroon 2 – … read more »

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AP Mourners in Mozambique have held a funeral for a taxi driver who died in a South African police cell after he was dragged from a police vehicle in a shocking incident that was filmed by onlookers. A coffin bearing … read more »

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By Tim Kelsall Mozambique’s Samora Machel built a strong consensual party with a succession tradition. Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni has not. 2012 was a tough year for African leaders: one resigned, one was sacked, two were overthrown in coups, two were … read more »

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In Summary Seven second-leg ties on Saturday First-leg scores in brackets Morocco 4-0 Mozambique 2100 BST (0-2) Senegal 0-2 Ivory Coast (2-6 agg) Match abandoned after 76 mins FT: Uganda 1-0 Zambia (1-1 agg) Zambia through 9-8 on penalties FT: … read more »

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Maputo – Police in Mozambique have detained 22 people implicated in at least 14 kidnappings of wealthy Muslims for ransom since last year, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Deputy interior minister Jose Mandra said all the people were rounded up … read more »

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Maputo – Mozambican state media report about 300 armed men have gathered in a northern town, saying they are awaiting orders from the country’s main opposition leader to launch anti-government protests. Renamo party leader Afonso Dhlakama has been threatening to … read more »

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Maputo – Mozambique’s airport company will spend $500m over three years to modernise its key facilities to encourage more foreign carriers to open routes to the country, its CEO said on Wednesday. “Our aim is to attract more regional and … read more »

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Maputo – Ten Mozambican business people have been abducted since October by what police believe is a specialised kidnapping syndicate, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday after a suspect was arrested. The arrest of the 25-year-old man for the January … read more »

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Maputo – Mozambique has signed a 20-year contract with internet cable operator SEACOM to provide broadband access to government institutions and schools, science ministry official Rufino Gujamo said on Thursday. The $2.8m deal will improve communication among government agencies, as … read more »

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Johannesburg – Australian and Brazilian mining giants are moving villagers to land insufficient for farming and far from jobs to make way for coal projects in central Mozambique, and then sidelining local entrepreneurs as they exploit the region’s natural resources, … read more »

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Maputo – The flood waters of the Komati River and its tributaries swept across Mozambique’s main north-south highway cutting off Maputo from the north and centre of the country, it was reported on Monday. The Komati was swollen by the … read more »

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An aircraft flying Madagascar’s exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana home on Saturday was diverted to Mozambique after the Malagasy authorities ordered the jet to turn around, a spokesman for Ravalomanana said. “Madagascar civil aviation has turned the plane around and … read more »

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Maputo – At least five people have been killed and more than 5 000 families displaced in flooding in Mozambique’s southern region, government officials said on Friday. Tropical storm Dando, which brought heavy rain, destroyed thousands of homes and flooded … read more »

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Maputo – Nearly 500 people were flooded out of their homes in Mozambique’s capital after a tropical depression brought torrential rain and high winds, city officials said on Wednesday. The homeless in Mozambique were being sheltered in schools, churches and … read more »

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Johannesburg – Mozambican police arrested a South African woman for carrying drugs when she entered the country at Maputo International Airport on Christmas Eve, the news agency AIM reported on Tuesday. Promise Mpala, 26, had travelled from Addis Ababa on … read more »

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Maputo – Lynch mobs in southern Mozambique have killed two people they accused of being witches, state media said Wednesday. “Those who were detained in connection with the death of these people accuse their victims of witchcraft. Some of the … read more »

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Milan – The Italian gas and oil company Eni says that a gas discovery off the coast of Mozambique is 50% larger than previously announced. Eni said in a statement on Thursday that it now expects to find a total … read more »

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Johannesburg – Mozambicans will this week commemorate the plane crash that killed their first president 25 years ago, unveiling a new monument to a visionary leader whose death shattered a nation’s dreams. Atop a hill on the border that joins … read more »

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Maputo – Two inmates were beaten to death by a guard at a Mozambican prison in the central province of Zambezia, an official said on Tuesday. “The incident was registered on the afternoon of September 24,” justice department spokesperson Rafael … read more »

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Maputo – A Chinese company is building a $439m housing project outside the capital in Mozambique, meant to create a new suburb for the middle class, state media reported on Tuesday. Prime Minister Aires Ali laid the first stone for … read more »

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