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
- Saudi Arabia Lifesaving Date Shipment to Feed 100,000 Conflict Affected Mozambicansby wfpinfo@wfp.org (WFP) on July 11, 2025
[WFP] Maputo -- The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), has delivered 23 metric tonnes of premium Saudi dates to support more than 100,000 vulnerable women, children, and families in northern Mozambique who are suffering from the impacts of conflict and displacement. […]
- Mozambique Begins Hearing Into Police's Role in Post-Election Violence and Killingsby hrwla@hrw.org (HRW) on July 10, 2025
[HRW] Hearings Should Lead to Accountability and Reform
- Tanzania Affirms to Broaden Bilateral Ties With Mozambiqueon July 8, 2025
[Daily News] Maputo -- ENHANCING long-standing historical ties heralded the official talks between Tanzania and Mozambique in Maputo, today, July 7, 2025.
- Samora Machel's Vision for Mozambique Didn't Survive - What Has Taken Its Place?on July 8, 2025
[The Conversation Africa] Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on 19 October 1986, in Mbuzini, South Africa.
- Mozambique Beats Hunger, Malawi Sinks - 8 Million Starving Despite Billions in FISPon July 3, 2025
[Nyasa Times] As neighbouring Mozambique celebrates its removal from the United Nations' Hunger Hotspot list following a successful harvest, Malawi remains gripped by a worsening hunger crisis -- with 8 million citizens on the brink of starvation and no clear answers from those in power.
- Egyptian Ambassador Meets Mozambican PMon July 3, 2025
[Egypt Online] Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Faraghal paid a courtesy visit to Maria Levy, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Mozambique. He congratulated her on assuming office and conveyed greetings from Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouli.
- Mozambique @50 Years, Plans for the Next 50 - 'National Unity, Peace and Sustainable Development'on July 3, 2025
[SANF] The Flame of National Unity travelled throughout Mozambique, passing from hand to hand, across all the provinces, until it reached the Machava Stadium in Maputo on Independence Day, 25 June.
- The Republic of Korea Supports Food Security for Vulnerable Communities in Northern Mozambiqueby wfpinfo@wfp.org (WFP) on July 3, 2025
[WFP] Maputo -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes generous contributions from the Republic of Korea for the second consecutive year, totalling US$ 7.6 million to improve food security for communities affected by multiple shocks in northern Mozambique. The contributions, comprising more than 5,000 metric tonnes of high-quality rice, will […]
- Coal Shadow Hangs Over New World Heritage Plan for SA-Mozambique Coastlineon July 2, 2025
[Daily Maverick] Roughly 25 years after South Africa pegged out the boundaries of its first World Heritage Site around Lake St Lucia, neighbouring Mozambique has put forward plans to protect part of its adjoining coastal territory to form a significantly enlarged global heritage zone.
- 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 Mocímboa 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.