Mozambique: Government Imposes New Restrictions On Alcoholic Drinks

Maputo — The Mozambican government has issued a decree imposing new restrictions on the production, sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.

The decree is clearly in response to a devastating piece of investigative journalism by the independent television station STV last month, which looked at how informal traders are selling very cheap spirits, including outside schools.

The decree bans the use of ethanol in the manufacture of drinks, ordering that only ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin…