Mozambique

French presence

French community in Mozambique: 570 registered as of 4 February 2020
Mozambican community in France: 320 as of 4 February 2020

Visits

The official visit to Paris by President Nyusi, on 20 and 21 July 2015, saw the signature of the fourth and last debt relief and development contract (C2D – 2015-2019: €17.5 million).

Mr Silva Armando Dunduro, Minister of Culture and Tourism, visited Paris on 18 and 19 November 2015.

Ms Ségolène Royal, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs, visited Maputo on 4 and 5 August 2016.

Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation

The France-Mozambique Cultural Centre (CCFM) in Maputo and Lycée Gustave Eiffel (425 pupils, including 67 from France) are valued drivers for promoting our language and culture in Mozambique.

In terms of academic and scientific cooperation, France develops relations between French and Mozambican researchers in various areas including French as a foreign language, humanities and social sciences, and marine science. Activities on governance and for civil society are also carried out. As regards linguistic cooperation, the number of students learning French has increased from 65,000 in 2007 to 250,000 today.

Other Cooperation

Based on an agreement which came into force on 21 August 2004, military cooperation is led by the FAZSOI (French Armed Forces in the Southern Zone of the Indian Ocean).