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Big drop in support for Frelimo in Moz election

Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo won the 15 October elections, but its share of the vote dropped from 75% to 57.3%, according to the national electoral commission.

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Mozambique frees opposition party fighters

Mozambique’s justice minister has announced the release of opposition members who were arrested during recent clashes.

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Mozambique police hunt for kidnapped ‘drug baron’

Mozambican authorities have launched a large police operation after a wealthy businessman branded a "drug baron" by the US government was kidnapped at gunpoint.

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Mozambique court confirms ruling party win

Mozambique's electoral body has confirmed the ruling Frelimo party's candidate Filipe Nyusi had won October's presidential election.

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Mozambique police free opposition leader

Mozambique police have released an opposition spokesperson they had arrested for allegedly leading an illegal demonstration and inciting violence, his lawyer says.

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Mozambique extends stay for foreign military observers

Mozambique has extended the mission of foreign military observers deployed across the southern African country since October to ensure post-election peace.

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Mozambican reform lawyer gunned down

Mozambican lawyer Gilles Cistac, who has said opposition calls for decentralisation of power were backed by law, has been shot dead in the capital.

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Lawyer slain in Mozambique received threats

A prominent lawyer and academic who was shot dead in Mozambique’s capital Maputo, had recently received threats on Facebook, the country’s prosecution says.

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Mozambique president elected head of ruling party

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has been elected head of the ruling party Frelimo, allaying fears his predecessor was planning to cling to power behind the scenes.

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Two arrested over murder of Mozambican lawyer

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder last month of Mozambican academic and lawyer Gilles Cistac.

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Mozambique marks massacre ahead of independence anniversary

Ahead of 40th independence anniversary celebrations next week, Mozambique has marked the 1960 Muenda massacre when up to 600 protesters were gunned down by Portuguese troops.

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Mozambique turns 40, high on gas prospects

Mozambique has turned 40 mixing formal military parades with exuberant African dancing as it turned from a generation of civil war and poverty to look to a more prosperous future.

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Hundreds of Mozambicans flee to Malawi

Hundreds of Mozambicans have fled to Malawi to escape fighting between the Frelimo government and Renamo forces.

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Mozambique forces in deadly clashes with Renamo - police

Fresh clashes between Mozambican government forces and the main opposition Renamo party have resulted in several deaths, police say, while denying reports that more than 200 have been killed.

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Thousands flee renewed fighting in Mozambique

Some refugees fleeing renewed fighting in Mozambique have accused government troops of killings, sexual assaults and razing villages suspected of harboring opposition fighters

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Foes from Mozambique's war spar as energy windfall looms

Recent violence in Mozambique reflects tension between the two adversaries in the civil war that ended in 1992.

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Mozambique denies citizens are seeking refuge in Malawi

Mozambican authorities have disputed reports of Malawian refugees fleeing their country due to political clashes, saying that foreign citizens are merely migrants, a report says.

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Mozambican soldiers accused of violations

Rights group urges Mozambique to investigate allegations of arbitrary executions and sexual assault by country's armed forces

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Refugee crisis brewing on South Africa's doorstep

Malawi, which once battled to shelter more than a million Mozambican refugees fleeing that country's brutal civil war, has gradually found itself in the same quagmire once again.

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13 bodies found in Mozambique

Mozambique police have confirmed that 13 bodies had been found in the area where security forces clashed with the Renamo group in recent months.

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