Mozambique

Mozambique’s main opposition figure, Venancio Mondlane, has been slammed with five criminal charges, including incitement to terrorism, following months of post-election unrest. Mondlane, a vocal critic of the ruling FRELIMO …

Russia and Mozambique have reinforced their defence cooperation following a high-level meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Moscow on Tuesday. Mozambique’s Foreign Minister, Maria Manuela Lucas, while expressing …

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 …