Area Total | 799,380 sq km |
Climate | tropical to subtropical |
Natural Resources | coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum, graphite |
Imports | South Africa 36.8%, China 7%, UAE 6.8%, India 6.2%, Portugal 4.4% (2017) – machinery and equipment, vehicles, fuel, chemicals, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles |
Exports | India 28.1%, Netherlands 24.4%, South Africa 16.7% (2017) – gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton |
Government | presidential republic |
Capital | Maputo |
Population | 30,098,197 (July 2020 est.) |
Ethnicity | African 99% (Makhuwa, Tsonga, Lomwe, Sena, and others), mestizo 0.8%, other (includes European, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese) .2% (2017 est.) |
Language | Emakhuwa 26.1%, Portuguese (official) 16.6%, Xichangana 8.6%, Cinyanja 8.1, Cisena 7.1%, Elomwe 7.1%, Echuwabo 4.7%, Cindau 3.8%, Xitswa 3.8%, other Mozambican languages 11.8%, other 0.5%, unspecified 1.8% (2017 est.) |
News about Mozambique
- Death in Mozambique After US Funding Cuts - A Health System Crumbleson June 30, 2025
[Daily Maverick] After the abrupt termination of American aid, the health system in central Mozambique descended into chaos.
- Samia Hassan Assures Mozambique of Tanzania's Commitment to Strengthening Bilateral Tieson June 26, 2025
[Daily News] Maputo, Mozambique -- THE Tanzanian Samia Suluhu Hassan has reaffirmed Tanzania's commitment to strengthening bilateral cooperation with Mozambique, with a focus on development, regional solidarity, and improving the welfare of citizens across Africa.
- Death in Mozambique - After U.S. Funding Cuts, a Health System Crumbleson June 26, 2025
[spotlight] Part two: If Marco Rubio came here, "we could show him the evidence" of deaths, says villager.
- Rwanda Security Force Joins Mozambicans for Independence Celebrationson June 26, 2025
[New Times] Rwanda Security Force (RSF) joined the people of Mozambique in celebrating the country's 50th Independence Anniversary in the ceremony that took place in MocĂmboa da Praia district, Cabo Delgado Province.
- U.S. Aid Cuts Ignite Health Crisis in Mozambiqueby info@groundup.org.za (GroundUp) on June 26, 2025
[GroundUp] Part two: If Marco Rubio came here "we could show him the evidence" of deaths, says villager
- Mozambique After 50 Years of Independence - What's There to Celebrate?on June 25, 2025
[The Conversation Africa] Mozambique's government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025. It is 50 years since independence, won after an anti-colonial war against Portugal led by the same party.
- Armed Group's Child Abductions Surge in Northby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on June 24, 2025
[HRW] Johannesburg -- Protect, Reintegrate Children at Risk in Cabo Delgado Province
- 'No One Supports the Children' - Hunger Plagues Mozambiqueon June 23, 2025
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] What's the context? In Mozambique, millions of children go hungry as aid cuts, conflict exacerbate drought-fuelled hunger crisis.
- Mozambique - These Are the Children the United States Left to Dieby info@groundup.org.za (GroundUp) on June 20, 2025
[GroundUp] Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
- These Are the Children the United States Left to Dieon June 19, 2025
[spotlight] Part one: How the Trump Administration abandoned orphans with HIV
- SA Sends 10 Critically Endangered Black Rhinos to Mozambiqueon June 19, 2025
[SAnews.gov.za] Ten additional black rhinos have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in Mozambique to help secure the first founder population of black rhinos since becoming locally extinct 50 years ago.
- Soldiers Demand Mozambique Allowanceson June 19, 2025
[Lesotho Times] TENSIONS are mounting among the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)'s ranks as soldiers who participated in the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) and are now demanding payment of their long-overdue allowances.
- Reviving Mangroves At the Edge of Mozambique Channelon June 16, 2025
[IPS] Nice, France -- Just before dawn, a flotilla of wooden canoes drifts silently through mangrove-tangled channels where roots sprout from the black mud of the lagoon. Here, at the edge between sea and forest, lies a story of restoration.
- 'Golden Visit' - Malawi, Mozambique Seal New Era of Cooperationon June 6, 2025
[Nyasa Times] In a powerful show of neighbourly unity, Malawi and Mozambique have taken their historic friendship to new heights. President Lazarus Chakwera today hosted Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo on his first official visit to Malawi -- a visit timed perfectly with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
- Scotts Maphuma Faces Backlash for Missing Major Children's Festival in Mozambiqueon June 5, 2025
[New Zimbabwe] Amapiano artist Scotts Maphuma, real name Mpho Lebajoa, is making headlines once again, and this time it is because he found himself in hot water as he was reportedly arrested over the weekend in Mozambique, where he was scheduled to perform.
- Scotts Maphuma Arrested After Skipping Mozambique Concertby newsdesk@scrolla.africa (Scrolla) on June 4, 2025
[Scrolla] Amapiano star Scotts Maphuma says he skipped the show because organisers were rude to him and did not treat him with respect. A video of him refusing to answer a journalist's questions has gone viral, and fans are not impressed.
- Finland Helps WPF Provide Hot Meals to Children in Northern Mozambiqueby wfpinfo@wfp.org (WFP) on June 2, 2025
[WFP] Maputo -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous contribution of EUR 500,000 from the Government of Finland to provide tens of thousands of children with daily hot meals as part of Mozambique's ongoing National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (PRONAE).