The sun shines brightly, and the weather is mild in the village of Ngomai, Gondola district, Manica province, in central Mozambique. In the midst of this rural area, you can hear the amplified sound of a popular national song, even though there is no electricity in the area. The small radio works using electricity from …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 28 November, 2022 | Topics: Embassy, Health Issues, History, Human Rights, News, PEPFAR, Success Stories
U.S. Embassy Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 193 Caixa Postal, 783 Maputo MOZAMBIQUE PRESS RELEASE Secretary Pompeo Releases 2018 International Religious Freedom Report July 3, 2019 –Secretary of State Pompeo, on June 21 in Washington, D.C., announced the release of the 2018 International Religious Freedom report to underscore its importance and to call attention to the second annual Ministerial to Advance …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 3 July, 2019 | Topics: Embassy, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Reports
U.S. Embassy Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 193 Caixa Postal, 783 Maputo MOZAMBIQUE PRESS RELEASE Op-ed by U.S. Ambassador Dean Pittman for World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2018 In the dark days of September 1962 in my home state of Mississippi, after the U.S. Federal Government was forced to send in the army to enroll the …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 3 May, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Speeches
U.S. Embassy Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 193 Caixa Postal, 783 Maputo MOZAMBIQUE PRESS RELEASE Embassy Statement on Attack Against Mozambican Journalist Ericino de Salema March 28, 2018 – The Embassy of the United States of America strongly condemns the March 27 attack on Mozambican journalist and political commentator Ericino de Salema and wishes him a speedy …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 28 March, 2018 | Topics: Embassy, Human Rights, News, Press Releases
U.S. Embassy Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 193 Caixa Postal, 783 Maputo MOZAMBIQUE PRESS RELEASE Embassy Statement on Second Round of the Mayoral By-Election in Nampula March 19, 2018 –We congratulate the people of the city of Nampula and the National Elections Commission for their participation in the second round of voting in the mayoral by-election on …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 19 March, 2018 | Topics: Africa, Embassy, Events, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, Press Releases
Sangariveira Secondary School (SSS) was established in 2012 in Quelimane, Zambézia Province. Currently, the school has 4,980 students, 2,610 male and 2,370 female, who are divided into 42 groups, with morning, afternoon and night student rotations. Located in the outskirts of Quelimane, SSS has a gloomy past. The school had a lot of evils, in …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 1 December, 2017 | Topics: Africa, Education, Gender Issues, Health Issues, Human Rights, News, PEPFAR, Success Stories | Tags: DREAMS, MCHN, SHC
U.S. Embassy Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 193 Caixa Postal, 783 Maputo MOZAMBIQUE PRESS RELEASE Death of Mahamudo Amurane, Mayor of Nampula City October 5, 2017 – In light of the events of October 4, 2017, that led to the tragic death of The Honorable Mahamudo Amurane, Mayor of the City of Nampula, the Embassy of the …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 5 October, 2017 | Topics: Embassy, Events, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
SECRETARY TILLERSON: Morning, all. We are releasing today the 2016 International Religious Freedom Report. This report is a requirement pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 – legislation that upholds religious freedom as a core American value under the Constitution’s First Amendment, as well as a universal human right. This law calls for the government to, quote, “[Stand] for …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 16 August, 2017 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, News, Official Reports, President of the United States | Tags: Donald J. Trump, Rex Tillerson
Embaixada dos E.U.A. Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, 193 Caixa Postal, 783 Maputo MOÇAMBIQUE PRESS RELEASE Let’s All Count Mozambique! August 8, 2017 – The United States Government proudly supports the National Institute of Statistics (INE) in Mozambique in the preparation and implementation of the IV Population Census 2017. Through USAID we work in partnership with …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 8 August, 2017 | Topics: Embassy, Human Rights, News, Press Releases | Tags: Democracy, Mozambique, USAID
UNITED STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS Statement by Ambassador Nikki R. Haley on World Refugee Day Statement by Ambassador Nikki R. Haley on World Refugee Day Share June 20, 2017 “As a wife and mother, it is hard to imagine the kind of terror that leads to families leaving their homes for the unknown. The Syrian refugee parents we met on our trip to Jordan …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 21 June, 2017 | Topics: Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Speeches
We are proud of our Nation’s achievements in promoting women’s full participation in all aspects of American life and are resolute in our commitment to supporting women’s continued advancement in America and around the world. America honors the celebrated women pioneers and leaders in our history, as well as those unsung women heroes of our …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 6 March, 2017 | Topics: Gender Issues, Human Rights, President of the United States, Press Releases | Tags: Donald J. Trump
Mozambique is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a freely elected republican form of government. The most recent national elections for president, parliament, and provincial assemblies took place in October 2014. Voters elected Filipe Jacinto Nyusi of the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) party as president. Several national and international observers, including the …
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By U.S. Embassy Maputo | 14 September, 2016 | Topics: Human Rights, Reports | Tags: Democracy, Elections, Freedom of Press, Mozambique