Mozambique
Iceland offers developing countries its expertise in geothermics and fishing where it has a second-to-none reputation.
The international cooperation budget was not spared when the Icelandic Government was forced to make drastic spending cuts in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Since 2000, public development aid had experienced a steady rise reaching, 0.36% of Gross National Product (GDP) in...
The winning in 2012 of the bid to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the most powerful radio telescope in the world would bring a plethora of benefits to South Africa and the African continent, says South Africa’s Project Director for SKA, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff.
South Africa was short-listed to site this iconic telescope in 2006 by the SKA Steering Committee....
“It was just recently – in 2010 – that we reviewed our policy on food security. Our priorities? They are based on a global principle that stipulates that food security is the ability of the population to feed itself suitably and sufficiently. Terms that can be translated at the macroeconomic, family or community level, as well as individually. And which imply choices that impact...
In recent years, the progress recorded in developing countries in terms of health makes gloomy reading. There is progress here and there, but the overall results are rather worrying. In this global overview the ACP countries are generally to be found in the low-to-average range, if one is to believe the UN report prepared before the September 2010 summit on the Millennium Development Goals*.
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The Ilha de Mocambique, or Island of Mozambique, is a small island that has seduced Arab sultans, Indian traders and Portuguese conquistadors since the tenth century and has given its name to the country we know today. It remains enchanting, so much so that you wonder if this unreal place suspended in time does actually exist. The island was granted protection by the United Nations...
Mozambique is very much a part of the African continent, and at the same time it is a special place, a kind of island oscillating between the desire to escape its physical location and the compulsion to return there as soon as it has moved away. The galaxy of artists and creators who are native to this land describe this uniqueness, notably…
João Borges Coelho,...
Beira, Africa's future gateway to the world
Beira, the second city of Mozambique, at the mouth of the river Poúngoè and near to the mouth of the Zambezi, has everything it needs to surpass the ports of South Africa and to become Africa’s greatest gateway facing Asia and the rest of the world. In an interview with The Courier, Cândido G. Jone, Executive Director...
The dredger that works around-the-clock to remove sand deposits from a 30km area of the mouth of the river near Beira is both impressive and sophisticated. Every three hours, this machine loads up with 3,300 cubic metres of sand, which it processes and then ejects again into an area nearby, where it is spread out and dried to provide a base for a future coal-exporting terminal. Peter Vroege, the...
For the period 2008 -2013 - 10th European Development Fund (EDF) : - €622 million reserved for the indicative programme for Mozambique- €12.1 million for unforeseen events
These allocations may be revised by the EU according to certain criteria, at the time of mid-term evaluation and at the end of the period.
Out of the €622 million : - 3% (€19 million) : participation of Mozambique in...
Glauco Calzuola, Head of the EU Delegation in Mozambique: We trust in this country's will to take its destiny into its own hands
Cooperation with the European Union is a well-known concept in Mozambique, as much in political circles as in business, civil society, or the academic and creative sectors. The cooperation enjoys a special visibility. Glauco Calzuola, the EU’s Ambassador...
Iceland offers developing countries its expertise in geothermics and fishing where it has a second-to-none reputation.
The international cooperation budget was not spared when the Icelandic Government was forced to make drastic spending cuts in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Since 2000, public development aid had experienced a steady rise reaching, 0.36% of Gross National Product (GDP) in...
The winning in 2012 of the bid to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – the most powerful radio telescope in the world would bring a plethora of benefits to South Africa and the African continent, says South Africa’s Project Director for SKA, Dr. Bernie Fanaroff.
South Africa was short-listed to site this iconic telescope in 2006 by the SKA Steering Committee....
“It was just recently – in 2010 – that we reviewed our policy on food security. Our priorities? They are based on a global principle that stipulates that food security is the ability of the population to feed itself suitably and sufficiently. Terms that can be translated at the macroeconomic, family or community level, as well as individually. And which imply choices that impact...
In recent years, the progress recorded in developing countries in terms of health makes gloomy reading. There is progress here and there, but the overall results are rather worrying. In this global overview the ACP countries are generally to be found in the low-to-average range, if one is to believe the UN report prepared before the September 2010 summit on the Millennium Development Goals*.
In...
The Ilha de Mocambique, or Island of Mozambique, is a small island that has seduced Arab sultans, Indian traders and Portuguese conquistadors since the tenth century and has given its name to the country we know today. It remains enchanting, so much so that you wonder if this unreal place suspended in time does actually exist. The island was granted protection by the United Nations...
Mozambique is very much a part of the African continent, and at the same time it is a special place, a kind of island oscillating between the desire to escape its physical location and the compulsion to return there as soon as it has moved away. The galaxy of artists and creators who are native to this land describe this uniqueness, notably…
João Borges Coelho,...
Beira, Africa's future gateway to the world
Beira, the second city of Mozambique, at the mouth of the river Poúngoè and near to the mouth of the Zambezi, has everything it needs to surpass the ports of South Africa and to become Africa’s greatest gateway facing Asia and the rest of the world. In an interview with The Courier, Cândido G. Jone, Executive Director...
The dredger that works around-the-clock to remove sand deposits from a 30km area of the mouth of the river near Beira is both impressive and sophisticated. Every three hours, this machine loads up with 3,300 cubic metres of sand, which it processes and then ejects again into an area nearby, where it is spread out and dried to provide a base for a future coal-exporting terminal. Peter Vroege, the...
For the period 2008 -2013 - 10th European Development Fund (EDF) : - €622 million reserved for the indicative programme for Mozambique- €12.1 million for unforeseen events
These allocations may be revised by the EU according to certain criteria, at the time of mid-term evaluation and at the end of the period.
Out of the €622 million : - 3% (€19 million) : participation of Mozambique in...
Glauco Calzuola, Head of the EU Delegation in Mozambique: We trust in this country's will to take its destiny into its own hands
Cooperation with the European Union is a well-known concept in Mozambique, as much in political circles as in business, civil society, or the academic and creative sectors. The cooperation enjoys a special visibility. Glauco Calzuola, the EU’s Ambassador...
