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  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 · Rwanda · Seychelles · Somalia · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe
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 Mozambican metical - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the metical has undergone severe devaluation and centavos are no longer used.
After the revaluation of the Romanian leu, the metical briefly became the least valued currency unit, at a value of about 24,500 metical per USD, until the Zimbabwean dollar took the title in late August 2005.
Mozambique will redenominate the metical by 1000 to 1 (i.e., taking three zeros off), effective 1 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mozambique_Metical   (356 words)

  
 Mozambique information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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's most highly developed art forms have been wood sculpture, for which the Makonde in northern Mozambique are particularly renowned, and dance.
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 Mozambique (03/07)
Mozambique's most highly developed art forms are wood sculpture, for which the Makonde in northern Mozambique are particularly renowned, and dance.
Mozambique maintains an embassy in the United States at 1990 M Street, NW, Suite 570, Washington, DC 20036; tel: 202-293-7146.
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, including sponsoring the rebel group RENAMO.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/7035.htm   (4250 words)

  
 Mozambique - Country Profile
The independence movement was born in 1962, with the establishment of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique - Frelimo.
Mozambique was proclaimed an independent republic in 1975, under the leadership of Samora Machel.
Mozambique is one of the poorest counties in the world, with some of the world's worst development (human and economic) indicators.
www.wvi.org /wvi/country_profile/profiles/mozambique.htm   (965 words)

  
 Mozambique safaris, lodges and wildlife tours
Mozambique the land of smiles, has a coast famous for its beaches and colourful reefs.
Mozambique is a crossroads of civilisations, cultures and landscape, with influences from the early days by Arab traders and Portuguese colonists.
Mozambique's unspoiled coastline stretches for nearly 3000 kilometres from Ponta do Ouro in the South to the Rovuma River on the Tanzanian border in the North.
www.ecoafrica.com /african/travel/Mozambique.html   (480 words)

  
 Mozambique: Press Freedom
Whatever the merits of the case, "Metical" and its staff were struggling to survive and publish as newspaper after the brutal killing of a courageous and hard-working editor.
Metical, which closed its doors in late December 2001, was the property of its founder and first editor, Carlos Cardoso, who was murdered, gangland style, on November 22, 2000.
In Mozambique, the banks were used to build socialism, to keep the country running during the war, and then in the new capitalist era to promote local entrepreneurs and keep the economy out of foreign hands.
www.africaaction.org /docs02/moz0201.htm   (2594 words)

  
 Mozambique
GEOGRAPHY: Mozambique borders Tanzania to the north, Zambia and Malawi to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and South Africa and Swaziland to the southwest.
Mozambique became a Portuguese colony in the 19th century and an overseas province in 1951.
Mozambique's foreign relations are dominated by South Africa, and have benefited from the changes that brought democratic government to the latter in 1994.
www.air-2000.com /mozambique.htm   (2707 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Mozambique including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
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 /cymzcy.htm   (1344 words)

  
 Mozambique - Tropical Africa
The Republic of Mozambique is located on the southeastern coast of Africa and covers a total area of 799 380 sq kilometres (308 641 sq miles).
Mozambique has incredibly diverse and scenic landscapes and the locals are renowned for being the friendliest people in Africa.
Situated in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Pemba is a quaint, coastal town at the mouth of a huge bay boasting an exquisite stretch of coastline.
www.quilalea.com /mozambique   (383 words)

  
 globalEDGE (TM) | country insights - Economy of Mozambique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Per capita GDP in 2000 was estimated at $222; in the mid-1980s, it was $120.
The Government of the Republic of Mozambique projects similar growth expansion (between 7%-10% a year over the next five years), but future strong expansion requires continued economic reforms, major foreign direct investment, and the resurrection of the agriculture, transportation and tourism sectors.
However a majority of Mozambique’s arable land is still uncultivated, leaving room for considerable growth.
globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryEconomy.asp?CountryID=116&RegionID=5   (886 words)

  
 Mozambique
Mozambique’s legal system is based on Portuguese civil law system and customary law.
Mozambique Metical (1 USD = 23,230.0 MZM as of May 15, 2002).
The industrial minimum wage of 447,741 meticais per month (approximately $30) is set by ministerial decree, although the level is recommended through an administrative process that consists of a tripartite commission composed of labor unions, government representatives, and employer groups.
www.erieri.co.uk /freedata/HRCodes/MOZAMBIQUE.htm   (2620 words)

  
 ZWNEWS.com - linking the world to Zimbabwe
The metical is one of the weakest currencies in the world, outstripped these days only by the Zimbabwe dollar, which loses half its value every month or two.
But in an effort to start afresh, the Bank of Mozambique is proposing to lop the last three zeroes off the end of the metical, so a one-million-metical pair of shoes will now cost 1,000 meticals, and a beer a mere 10 meticals rather than the wad of old notes it costs now.
And while the majority of Mozambique's population are subsistence farmers who use the currency rarely if at all, the country is promoting an open-for-business ethos, wooing major mining companies and manufacturers, and that makes the badly devalued money an embarrassment.
www.zwnews.com /issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=13259   (1030 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Metical is available in currency notes in denominations of MT 100, 000, 50,000, 10,000, 5000, 1000, 500, 100 and 50 and in coins in denominations of MT5000, 1000, 500, 100, 20, 10, 5, 2.5 and 1.
Mozambique is easy on the pocket of the traveller who pays in strong currencies like USD, British Pound and South African Rand as the conversion rates are heavily in favour of these currencies.
Travelling within Mozambique can be expensive as it involves charter flights and air taxis to most destinations though bus and train fares are very economical.
www.journeymart.com /DExplorer/Africa/Mozambique?SubLink=DExplorer/Africa/Mozambique/viMoney_Inc.htm   (479 words)

  
 Scuba Yellow Pages - Scuba Diving Destinations: Mozambique
Mozambique has a coastline of more than 2500km and 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.
Quilálea is an idyllic Mozambique island resort nestling in a forgotten corner of Mozambique's Quirimbas Archipelago in the tropical Indian Ocean.
Mozambique has received a formal cancellation of a large portion of its external debt through an IMF initiative and is scheduled to receive additional relief.
www.scubayellowpages.com /destinations/indianocean/mozambique_main.htm   (2290 words)

  
 Africa 2001
Metical was a subscriber-only faxed newsletter that set new standards for investigative journalism in impoverished, formerly Marxist Mozambique.
It seemed clear that Metical had been singled out because of its aggressive coverage of the Maputo business community, of which Nympine Chissano is a prominent member.
In a written denial sent to Metical, Nympine Chissano's lawyer threatened legal action against the newspaper, declaring that his client was not detained and had "never transported cocaine or other substances forbidden by law inside or outside the country," according to AIM, the Mozambican state news service.
www.cpj.org /attacks01/africa01/mozambique.html   (1078 words)

  
 ICCAF - Economic Rights in Southern Africa - News January 2001 - pg 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mozambique has banned the export of unprocessed cashew nuts, ending a five-year battle with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
For, according to "Metical", the government moved because it suspected massive underinvoicing on the part of the exporters.
IMF staff had in late 1999 called for Mozambique to be the first big producer not to protect its industry, but Mozambique has now won the battle to maintain protection.
www.web.net /~iccaf/econrights/econjan01b.htm   (4050 words)

  
 Safaris in Mozambique | Scuba Diving | Bazaruto Archipelago | Ponta Do Oura | Inhaca Island | San Sebastion Peninsular ...
Mozambique is a refreshing experience, with a simple love of life, glorious sunshine and the tempting waters of the ocean never far away.
From Inhaca Island to the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique is a country of spectacular beauty, with over 2 500 km of unspoilt coastline, pristine beaches and virgin reefs.
Mozambique is becoming a popular 4x4 self drive destination.
www.tagasafaris.co.za /safaris-in-mozambique.htm   (308 words)

  
 Travel in Mozambique - Hotel Mozambique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mozambique offers some of the best scuba diving in Africa and is a refreshing experience.
Mozambique is a country of spectacular beauty, with over 2500km of unspoilt coastline, pristine beaches and virgin reefs.
The waters are host to an extensive variety of hard and soft coral species, a vast array of marine plants, countless different types of crustacea, an abundance of fish species, seasonal whale sightings from August to October, the occasional sunfish sightings (known as moonfish in Europe), 4 species of marine turtle and pelagic (game) fish.
www.lihsa.com /travel_mozambique.htm   (787 words)

  
 Profiles of Least Developed Countries
At independence in 1975, Mozambique was one of the world's poorest countries.
In spite of these gains, Mozambique remains dependent upon foreign assistance for much of its annual budget, and the majority of the population remains below the poverty line.
Mozambique's once substantial foreign debt has been reduced through forgiveness and rescheduling under the IMF's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) and Enhanced HIPC initiatives, and is now at a manageable level.
www.un.org /special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/LDCs-List/profiles/mozam.htm?id=508   (201 words)

  
 moz005 Mozambique mourns murdered journalist
Cardoso is considered the father of Mozambique's independent media and has been hailed internationally as the country's leading investigative writer.
The State-owned Mozambique TV (TVM) broadcast shocking images of his bullet riddled body being pulled from his vehicle on Wednesday evening, sparking a national outcry that has included condemnation from Prime Minister Pascoal Mocumbi, all major political party leaders, to civic and community leaders.
Mozambique's Journalist Union general secretary Hilario Matusse described the assassination as "an attempt to silence all of us", while the country's Supreme Media Council chair Julieta Langa warned that only the enemies of freedom of expression stood to gain from the assassination.
www.afrol.com /News/moz005_cardoso_mourned.htm   (925 words)

  
 General Info about Mozambique   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The official currency in Mozambique is METICAL (MZM or MT).
The climate is Sub tropical, conditioned by the regime of the monsoons from the Indic Ocean and the hot currents from the equatorial regions.
The illness is very well known in Mozambique and all rural medic centers are normally equipped to do the Malaria blood test and to indicate the adequate treatment.
www.adviser.co.mz /geninfo.html   (1438 words)

  
 Mozambique travel guide - Wikitravel
Mozambique (Moçambique) [1] is a country on the Indian Ocean coast of Southern Africa.
Mozambique's eastern coastline along the Indian Ocean is more than 1,000km long, 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   (2638 words)

  
 Mozambique facts, Mozambique travel videos, flags, photos - National Geographic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mozambique, on the east coast of southern Africa, is mainly a savanna plateau drained by the mighty Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers, with highlands to the north.
Infusions of aid are essential to a country devastated by decades of war, drought, and floods.
Mozambique was drawn into a long struggle against white rule in Rhodesia and South Africa.
www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_mozambique.html   (447 words)

  
 Mozambique Scuba Diving and Travel
Quilálea is an idyllic Mozambique island resort nestling in a forgotten corner of Mozambique's Quirimbas Archipelago in the tropical Indian Ocean.
Before the peace accord of October 1992, Mozambique's economy was devastated by a protracted civil war and socialist mismanagement.
Mozambique has received a formal cancellation of a large portion of its external debt through an IMF initiative and is scheduled to receive additional relief.
www.deepdiversions.com /destinations/indianocean/mozambique.htm   (2289 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Mozambique
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)

  
 Mozambique: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
Bantu speakers migrated to Mozambique in the first millennium, and Arab and Swahili traders settled the region thereafter.
On Jan. 25, 1985, after a decade of independence, the government was locked in a paralyzing war with antigovernment guerrillas, the Mozambique National Resistance (MNR, or Renamo), who were backed by the white minority government in South Africa.
While Mozambique posted some of the world's largest economic growth rates in the late 1990s, it has suffered enormous setbacks because of natural disaster, such as the enormous damage caused by severe flooding in the winters of 2000 and 2001.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107804.html   (605 words)

  
 Mozambique | JenmanSafaris.com
The Portuguese colonised Mozambique and by the time of independence in 1975, the country was in a bad state, followed by a terrible civil war.
This coupled with the fact that the country is prone to periodic natural disasters, has contributed to Mozambique being one of the poorest countries in the world.
The Southern Mozambique Safari: Historic KwaZulu Natal battlefields, wildlife and wetlands of Zululand.
www.jenmansafaris.com /countries/mozambique/default.htm   (903 words)

  
 SESRTCIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mozambique is bordered by Tanzania in the North, Malawi; Zambia, and Zimbabwe in the West, the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Swaziland in the South and the Indian Ocean in the East.
It has a coastline that stretches along the Indian Ocean from the mouth of the Rovuma River in the North to Ponto de Ouro in the South.
Mozambique is one of the world’s principal cashew producers.
www.sesrtcic.org /members/moz/mozhome.shtml   (264 words)

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