Mozambique

At least 120 children in northern Mozambique have been kidnapped by jihadist insurgent group Al Shabab, international NGO Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The children are reportedly being used …

Mozambique’s security forces carried out a brutal, three-month crackdown on protesters after the country’s election last year, a leading international rights group said Wednesday, citing local activists who alleged that …

Tropical Cyclone Jude slammed into parts of southern Africa this week, causing no deaths but leaving widespread damage, especially in Malawi and Mozambique. Officials in the two countries said thousands …

Daniel Chapo of Mozambique’s long-ruling Frelimo party was inaugurated as president at a ceremony in the capital on Wednesday. Chapo succeeds Filipe Nyusi, who served the maximum two terms. The …

The Mozambique opposition leader who has been heading more than two months of deadly protests against disputed election results from outside the country announced that he would return this week …

The death toll inflicted by Mozambique’s post-election unrest has climbed to 261, according to a local monitoring group, with most of the fatalities caused by police gunfire. While the situation …

Death toll in Mozambique due to ongoing protests against disputed presidential election and a prison break has climbed to 248, a monitoring group said Thursday. Plataforma Decide, an election monitoring …

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a prison near Maputo on Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party …

In the wake of political turmoil and protests in Mozambique, Eswatini’s sugar industry has faced disruptions to supply chains and exports and has had to find alternative routes for its …

Following calls for statewide strikes by opposition leaders over a controversial presidential election, the international internet monitor NetBlocks reports that social media access has been limited in Mozambique for the …