This is a weird story. A group of quenians suspected of planning to rob a bank is released from prison (Jan 5); a couple week laters they are expelled from Mozambique. Info is not very clear.
Archive for January, 2006
Quenians, crime, and bizarre stories
26 January, 20062005: inflation rate by 14%
26 January, 2006twice as much as the Government was expecting and 6 points above 2004 (9%) (more…)
500 mozambican miners died last year in South Africa
26 January, 2006478 out of which from aids. Não são dados medicamentos antiretrovirais a estrangeiros sem acordo prévio entre os países de origem. (more…)
Mozambique work permits
26 January, 2006very interesting story. Work permits in Mozambique: portuguese come first before any other nationality, with over 500 colective applications, about a third. However, we don’t know how many were actually allowes in. Some brief references to Mozambique policy regarding foreign work in the country. (more…)
Portuguese presidential election in mozambique
26 January, 200680% of portuguese migrants in Mozambique voted for the right-wing presidential candidate. Although only 142 voters actually showed up (more…)
“Leaded petrol to be phased out by March”
7 January, 2006Atrasos no cumprimento da substituição por gasolina sem chumbo.
4 Jan: Agência de informação de Moçambique, tirado de AllAfrica.com. O artigo completo aqui
(…) So unleaded petrol will be passed through all the tubes and tanks in the distribution system, until the leaded fuel has been thoroughly flushed out. Braga believed this process would be completed by March, “and as from then, it can be said that we are using unleaded petrol”. (…)
7 January, 2006

19 Dec: A little old, but here it goes anyway.
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s parliament on Monday rejected an opposition effort to strip the image of a gun from the national flag, saying it was no time to dump the symbol of the now-peaceful country’s long war for independence.
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