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.
View ArticleMozambique frees opposition party fighters
Mozambique’s justice minister has announced the release of opposition members who were arrested during recent clashes.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleMozambican 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.
View ArticleLawyer 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleTwo 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleHundreds of Mozambicans flee to Malawi
Hundreds of Mozambicans have fled to Malawi to escape fighting between the Frelimo government and Renamo forces.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleThousands 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
View ArticleFoes 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.
View ArticleMozambique 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.
View ArticleMozambican soldiers accused of violations
Rights group urges Mozambique to investigate allegations of arbitrary executions and sexual assault by country's armed forces
View ArticleRefugee 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.
View Article13 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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