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One Country, Two Visions
One Country, Two Visions - The visions of Mozambique given by the formal opening speeches on Thursday, at the end of year session of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, were so different, that an observer could have been forgiven for thinking that the ruling Frelimo Party and the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition were not talking about the same country. [AA Network News]
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Mixed progress towards MDGs
The Mozambican government believes that it is on track for meeting one of the key targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that of halving the percentage of people living on less than a dollar a day.
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Samora Machel's Birth Place Declared 'Cultural Heritage'
Samora Machel's Birth Place Declared 'Cultural Heritage' - The Mozambican government has decided to grant the locality of Chilembene, in the southern province of Gaza, the birthplace of the country's first president, Samora Machel, the status of a national cultural heritage site. [AA Network News]
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Seven Per Cent Growth Planned for 2009
Seven Per Cent Growth Planned for 2009 - The Mozambican government has set targets for a seven per cent growth in Gross Domestic Product in 2009, and for an annual inflation rate of no more than eight per cent. [AA Network News]
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Guebuza Invites South Africans to Invest
Guebuza Invites South Africans to Invest - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has encouraged South African investors to exploit further the business environment that Mozambique offers, thus contributing to making the Mozambican market an attractive destination for foreign investment. [AA Network News]
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Oil refinery planned
If all goes according to plan, by the middle of the next decade there could be two oil refineries operating in Mozambique, one at Nacala in the north of the country, and one in the district of Matutuine, in the far south of the country.
The southern refinery is a project of Oilmoz, a company founded by former foreign minister Leonardo Simao. On 27 June Oilmoz signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the world’s largest services company, PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC), under which PWC will undertake feasibility studies for the project.
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Water supply to Maputo set to expand
The Mozambican government’s Water Supply Investment and Assets Fund (FIPAG) intends to expand the water system in the capital, so that it can supply about 1.5 million people in Maputo, the neighbouring city of Matola and the district of Boane.
The project will cost €95 million (about $140 million). The money is now available and comes from the European Investment Bank, the Dutch government, the European Union and the French Development Agency. The Mozambican government is covering 13 per cent of the costs.
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U.S. Aid for Country's Navy
U.S. Aid for Country's Navy - The United States on Wednesday donated an Automatic Information System (AIS), valued at 500,000 US dollars, to the Mozambican navy. [AA Network News]
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2.5 Billion Dollars for New Power Line
2.5 Billion Dollars for New Power Line - Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, in partnership with as yet unspecified funding agencies, plans to invest 2.5 billion US dollars in a new electricity transmission line from the western province of Tete to Maputo. [AA Network News]
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Communities Demand an End to Logging
Communities Demand an End to Logging - Communities in Mossuril district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, have demanded that no more logging licences be issued in order to save precious hardwoods in the district from extinction, reports Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". [AA Network News]
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Improved Project Performance, Claims World Bank
Improved Project Performance, Claims World Bank - The number of projects "at risk" in Mozambique that are financed by the World Bank has fallen from three in December 2007 to just one in September 2008, according to the World Bank's director for Mozambique, Michael Baxter. [AA Network News]
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Progress Made in Meeting Development Goals
Progress Made in Meeting Development Goals - The Mozambican government believes that it is on track for meeting one of the key targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that of reducing by half the percentage of people living on less than a dollar a day. [AA Network News]
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IFC Loan for Mozambican Bank
IFC Loan for Mozambican Bank - The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector funding arm of the World Bank, has provided 8.5 million US dollars to support a loan facility for small and medium companies operated by Mozambique's second largest commercial bank, the BCI-Fomento. [AA Network News]
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New Ferry Boats for Mozambican Cities
New Ferry Boats for Mozambican Cities - The Mozambican government has invested about 7.5 million US dollars in the purchase of six new ferry boats for passenger transport in the cities of Maputo, Inhambane, Beira, and Quelimane, reports Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". [AA Network News]
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How to Fight Corruption, By Chissano
How to Fight Corruption, By Chissano - Responsible leadership and good governance and not only good policies and strategies are the key to a successful battle against corruption, Joaquim Alberto Chissano, former President of Mozambique, has said. [AA Network News]
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French Investment in Country
French Investment in Country - The French Development Agency (AFD) invested 176.4 million Euros (about 233 million US dollars) in Mozambique between 2001 and 2007. [AA Network News]
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Construction of Vehicle Inspection Centres Launched
Construction of Vehicle Inspection Centres Launched - The construction of the centres to be used for compulsory inspection of Mozambican vehicles began on Wednesday when the first stone was laid for the centre in Maputo city. [AA Network News]
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Beira Mayor Sacks Councillors
Beira Mayor Sacks Councillors - The mayor of the central Mozambican city of Beira, Daviz Simango, has sacked three city councillors who were all senior local figures in the country's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, reports Thursday's issue of the daily newsheet "Diario Independente", [AA Network News]
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The Goal is Clean Water for All
The Goal is Clean Water for All - Each morning Sophia Santos wakes up early, picks up two 20-litre plastic containers and walks to a neighbour's house in Polana Caniço 'A', a sprawling suburb in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, for a day's supply of water. [AA Network News]
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Government Hopes to Revive Tyre Factory
Government Hopes to Revive Tyre Factory - The Mozambican government is trying to find investors interested in taking over a paralysed tyre factory on the outskirts of Maputo, but if current negotiations fail, it may launch an international tender. [AA Network News]
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