Maputo revealed to me how contemporary cities go beyond that absurd dichotomy of the “formal” and “informal” city. In Maputo, city managers talk of the separation between a “city of concrete”–the old ...

More and more people are moving into cities. As growing populations place pressure on urban housing, infrastructure, and transport systems, residents, planners, and politicians are having to come up ...

MAPUTO - Idelcia Mapure, a Mozambican architect in the southern African nation's capital Maputo, says the newly inaugurated Maputo Bay Bridge will be the city's "postcard" that will identify itself on ...

World Bank and Maputo city team-up to develop an innovative digital platform, radically improving solid waste management The platform makes it possible for people to notify municipal authorities in ...

It’s a hot — very hot — summer’s night in Maputo’s train station, and nobody’s going anywhere. And that’s just the way they want it. On a flatbed train car, under the latticed arches designed by ...

Residents wade through floodwater caused by heavy rainfall in Matola City, Maputo Province, Mozambique, Jan. 12, 2026. Mozambique is currently in the peak of its rainy season, a period marked by ...