The government-controlled radio broadcasting company Moçambique operates several radio stations. The programs are in Portuguese, English and several African languages. The Noticias published in Maputo is Mozambique’s leading newspaper.
Under the amended constitution later in 1975 Mozambique was a Democratic People’s Republic under the leadership of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frente de Liberation de Mozambique, FRELIMO), the only authorized party. Founded in 1962 the party began in 1964 struggle for independence Mozambique since 1977 and pursued Marxist-Leninist policies. The executive was the president of FRELIMO, which dominated the party from an existing unicameral People’s Assembly. With the in November 1990 came into force in the new constitution was a multi-party system was introduced. 1992 was the first opposition party Mozambique, the Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo), admitted.
The head of state is the President, for a term of five years will be directly elected. The 250 Members of Parliament (Assembleia da República) will be elected for four years. The state is divided administratively into ten provinces and the capital.
The Supreme People’s Court and subordinate courts, the law true. The army Mocambique consists of 8 200 soldiers, the Navy 200 and includes the Air Force 1 000 soldiers (2002).
Mozambique economy is based primarily on agriculture. At the beginning of the nineties had the economy nor the independence struggle and the exodus of skilled Portuguese recover, this phase has been through several droughts and by a protracted civil war more difficult. Most foreign-owned plantations and industrial enterprises were nationalized, the centrally controlled economic policies. In 1990 the government free-market one. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries on earth. The gross domestic product (GDP) amounts to 3 599 million U.S. dollars (1997; services 42.5 percent, industry 34 percent, agriculture 23.5 percent), resulting in a GDP per capita of 200 U.S. dollars.
83 percent of the workforce are employed in agriculture, while only 5.4 percent of the country’s agricultural land is used. The main agricultural products, some of which come from plantations, are cashew nuts, sugar cane, cotton, copra and tea. Staple foods are cassava, maize, wheat, groundnuts, potatoes and beans.
