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  allAfrica.com: Mozambique
The Sena Company, which owns Mozambique's largest sugar plantation, at Marromeu, on the south bank of the Zambezi, is losing half a million US dollars a year because of theft of sugar cane.
Mozambique is "committed to the deepening of multi-party democracy and to the culture of peace and progress", declared President Armando Guebuza on Thursday.
Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique hope to navigate the mighty Zambezi river's waterways by 2009 as an alternative and cheap transport route for imports and exports from and to the three southern African countries.
allafrica.com /mozambique   (896 words)

  
  Mozambique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Mozambique, the military decision to withdraw occurred within the context of a decade of armed anti-colonial struggle, initially led by American-educated Eduardo Mondlane, who was assassinated in 1969.
Mozambique's decision to enforce UN sanctions against Rhodesia and deny that country access to the sea led Ian Smith's regime to undertake overt and covert actions to destabilize the country.
Mozambique is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and ranks among the moderate members of the African Bloc in the United Nations and other international organizations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mozambique   (3327 words)

  
 History of Mozambique - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Vasco da Gama, exploring for Portugal, reached the coast of Mozambique in 1498, Arab trading settlements had existed along the coast and outlying islands for several centuries, and political control of the coast was in the hands of a string of local sultans.
'Mozambique' first described a small coral island at the mouth of Mossuril Bay, then the fort and town on that island, São Sebastião de Moçambique, and later extended to the whole of the Portuguese colonies on the east coast of Africa.
Mozambique held elections in 1994, which were accepted by most parties as free and fair while still contested by many nationals and observers alike.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Mozambique   (1573 words)

  
 Mozambique - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mozambique
The first European to reach Mozambique was Vasco da Gama in 1498, and the country became a Portuguese colony in 1505.
From 1980 Mozambique was faced with widespread drought, which affected most of southern Africa, and attacks by mercenaries under the banner of the Mozambique National Resistance (MNR) – also known as Renamo – who were covertly but strongly backed by South Africa.
Mozambique's economic problems were aggravated in 1987 by food shortages, after another year of drought.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mozambique   (1228 words)

  
 Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Mozambique
Mozambique's controversial 2004 elections, which were marred by allegations of fraud, produced the transition from former President Joaquim Chissano of the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) to FRELIMO candidate Armando Guebuza.
Mozambique's fiscal burden of government score is 0.4 point better this year, but its capital flows and foreign investment score is 1 point worse.
Mozambique's top income tax rate is 32 percent, up from the 27.6 percent reported in the 2005 Index.
www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Mozambique   (1199 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mozambique's principled decision to enforce UN sanctions against Southern Rhodesia and deny that country access to the sea, led Ian Smith's regime to undertake overt and covert actions to destabilize the country.
Mozambique is a member of the Non- Aligned Movement and ranks among the moderate members of the African Bloc in the United Nations and other international organizations.
Mozambique also belongs to the Organization of African Unity and the Southern African Development Community, which is increasingly assuming a political, as well as economic role.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/mozambique9607.html   (3660 words)

  
 Landmines in Mozambique: After the Floods (HRW Briefing Paper, March 2000)
Mozambique is one of a dozen mine-affected countries that have been identified for this level one survey but the survey in Mozambique seems to be unaffected by the flooding as it has only just started.
Mozambique signed Mine Ban Treaty in Ottawa, Canada in December 1997 and was thirty-third country to ratify.
Mozambique's response to the landmine crisis, both domestically and internationally, has not gone unnoticed by the donor community who generally view the country as a success story in terms of mine action.
www.hrw.org /backgrounder/arms/mines-moz.htm   (2302 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Mozambique including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mozambique is an independent republic which lies on the south-east coast of Africa and forms part of the Southern African region.
Mozambique's economy continued to grow at a fast pace of 7.3% in the first half of 2005, on the back of a few giant and largely South African-financed ventures.
S&P says that Mozambique's outlook is "positive" for the next few years and that Mozambique's strengths include the rapid growth in its exports, increased foreign direct investment in the country, and the government's "commitment to deepening reform".
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/mz/p0005.htm   (1198 words)

  
 Mozambique (05/06)
Mozambique maintains an embassy in the United States at 1990 M Street, NW, Suite 570, Washington, DC 20036; tel: 202-293-7146.
Mozambique achieved this growth rate even though the devastating floods of 2000 slowed GDP growth to 2.1%.
By 1993, U.S. aid to Mozambique was prominent, due in part to significant emergency food assistance in the wake of the 1991-93 southern African drought, but more importantly in support of the peace and reconciliation process.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7035.htm   (4368 words)

  
 Mozambique Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Most travel in Mozambique is safe but violent crimes such as car-jackings and armed robbery are not uncommon in Maputo.
Travellers are advised to exercise caution and use common sense; minimise the valuables you carry and don't put yourself in isolating situations, especially in urban areas and on beaches.
Around Easter, Christmas/New Year's and in August, Mozambique's southern coastal resorts become overrun with the vacationing neighbours and advance bookings are highly advisable.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/mozambique   (385 words)

  
 Mozambique - Wikitravel
Mozambique (Moçambique) is a country on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa.
Mozambique possesses a very long eastern coastline along the Indian Ocean, a fantastic drawcard for scuba divers, fishermen, sailors and beach lovers.
The currency of Mozambique is the Metical (plural: Meticais, pronounced 'meta-caysh', abbreviation: Mts.).
wikitravel.org /en/Mozambique   (1570 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mozambique
It is bounded on the north by German East Africa; on the east by the Mozambique Channel; on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the west by British South and Central Africa.
Vasco de Gama captured the island of Mozambique in 1506, and thanks to his exertions and those of other Portuguese captains (Saldanha, Almeida, and Tristão da Cunha) the neighbouring country was quickly brought under Portuguese rule.
Ecclesiastically speaking, Mozambique is an exempt prelature belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Goa.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/10610a.htm   (1301 words)

  
 Mozambique
Mozambique is a republic with a constitutional Government, headed by President Joaquim Chissano who was reelected in 1999 in generally free and fair elections that were marred by some irregularities that did not impact the results.
For example, Radio Mozambique carried live the proceedings of the trial of the alleged killers of journalist Carlos Cardoso despite the negative implications of the trial on senior government officials.
Mozambique is a country of origin for international trafficked women and children.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27740.htm   (10265 words)

  
 EUROPA - Development - Countries - Mozambique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mozambique, with an area of 801,590 sq km, is a Least Developed Country (LDC) with a GDP of about 220 $ per capita in 2002.
Mozambique is also expected to host the Summit of ACP Heads of State in 2004.
Mozambique is holding for 2003/04 the Presidency of the Africa Union.
europa.eu.int /comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=mz&lng=en&status=new   (4490 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1999 | 06/99 | debt | Mozambique's foreign debt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Mozambique's creditors will wipe off at least $1.44bn (in net present value terms) from the country's debt stock, bringing it down to $1.1bn.
He argued that the scale of destruction that Mozambique had suffered during the confrontation with apartheid South Africa was such that it merited writing off the entire debt.
An international conference on Mozambique's foreign debt, held in December by the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, called for total cancellation of the debt.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1999/06/99/debt/359978.stm   (823 words)

  
 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
The Republic of Mozambique extends for 2,500 km along the east coast of Africa and shares land borders with Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland.
Mozambique’s economy was devastated by decades of conflict.
UK and Mozambique have enjoyed close relations, initially because of a shared interest in ending UDI in Rhodesia, the fruits of which were seen in Samora Machel’s persuasion of Robert Mugabe to accept the Lancaster House settlement in 1979.
www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019744977697   (1540 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: Publications: Africa : Mozambique
Mozambique supported a "straight-18" ban on military recruitment during negotiations on the Optional Protocol.
The devastation caused by landmines in Mozambique — not only for the many civilian victims, but also to the socioeconomic well-being of the nation —; is appalling.
Landmines in Mozambique is part of a series of reports by Human Rights Watch that document the effects on the civilian population of landmines used in armed conflicts.
www.hrw.org /hrw/pubweb/Webcat-70.htm   (714 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Mozambique
Mozambique and Burkina Faso have decide to relaunch their bilateral cooperation, which in recent years has been restricted to politics and diplomacy.
The cooperation between Mozambique and South Africa is in the spirit of regional integration and partnership, and not hegemony by South Africa, declared former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano on Thursday.
Mozambique's first lady, Maria da Luz Guebuza, is leaving Maputo on Wednesday for Germany to take part in a conference on the Drug Resource Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition (DREAM) programme, which is being implemented in Mozambique by the Italian catholic NGO, the Sant'Egidio Community.
www.allafrica.com /mozambique   (872 words)

  
 Mozambique News
Mozambique's grain harvest in 2006 will reach about 2.1 million tons, registering an increase of 10 percent over the 2005 figure, predicted the country's Agriculture Minister on Monday.
The son of Mozambique's former president, Joaquim Chissano, was charged Thursday with masterminding the assassination of an investigative journalist on a busy Maputo street in November 2000, prosecutors said.
A local prosecutor in Mozambique has taken a preliminary step toward indicting a son of former President Joaquim Chissano in the 2000 murder of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, Mozambique's official...
www.topix.net /world/mozambique   (725 words)

  
 Mozambique: Menus & Recipes from Africa
The islands of Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde, and the territories of Portuguese Guinea on the northwest coast of Africa, Angola on the south- west coast, and Mozambique on the southeast are provinces of Portugal.
The fish of Mozambique and especially the shellfish-lobster tails, shrimp, and prawns-are considered by many to be the most delicious in the world (see page 75 on "How to cook shrimp in the Mozambique manner").
Mozambique was colonized by Portugal in the fifteenth century, and the Portuguese influence is still very much in evidence.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Cookbook/Mozambique.html   (1425 words)

  
 Mozambique, Africa - Travel Guide and Tourist Information
Mozambique is located on the southeastern coast of Africa and is bordered by Tanzania to the North, South Africa and Swaziland to the South, Zimbabwe to the West and Zambia and Malawi to the northwest.
In the river valleys and deltas, the soil is rich and fertile, but southern and central Mozambique have poor and sandy soil, and parts of the interior are dry.
This travel map of Mozambique is part of a series of enlarged, fold-out maps which allow the traveller to locate cities, towns, major roads and scenic routes, airports, holiday resorts, parks and nature reserves, places of interest and other features.
www.africaguide.com /country/mozamb   (236 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Mozambique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
After independence in 1975 Mozambique was drawn into the struggle against white rule in Rhodesia and South Africa.
When Rhodesia became independent as Zimbabwe in 1980, the rebels were used by South Africa's military intelligence to coerce Mozambique into expelling exiled South African dissidents and to show the world that fl rule did not necessarily mean stability.
State-run Radio Mozambique is the main source of news and information for many Mozambicans.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1063120.stm   (581 words)

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