April 15
Mozambique: Venancio Mondlane Barred From Running for Renamo Presidency
The National Council of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year's municipal… Read more »
April 07
Mozambique: Central Committee Postpones Choice of Presidential Candidate
The Central Committee of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party ended a two day meeting in the southern city of Matola on Saturday night, without taking any decision as to who will… Read more »
April 04
Mozambique: Veteran Calls for Discussion On Presidential Succession
Oscar Monteiro, a veteran of the Mozambican war for independence, and once a member of the Political Commission of the ruling Frelimo Party, under the country's first President… Read more »
Mozambique: Tax Authority to Install Technological System for Border Control
The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) intends to install this year, a Geospatial Technological System for Border Control (GIS) in order to overcome challenges associated with… Read more »
Mozambique: Election Observers Intimidated and Threatened
Reports from four northern Mozambican districts indicate that local directors of the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) are attempting to prevent independent… Read more »
March 11
Africa: South Africa Resumes Building Wall Along Border With Mozambique
The government of the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal has resumed construction of a concrete wall along the South Africa/Mozambique border supposedly to curb the theft of… Read more »
March 12
Mozambique: Going Through 'Unprecedented Crisis'
Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, is going through an unprecedented crisis, according to Elias Dhlakama, brother of the late Afonso Dhlakama, who led the party from 1979… Read more »
February 20
Mozambique: PGR Dismisses Renamo Complaints Against Constitutional Council Judges
The Mozambican Attorney General's Office (PGR) has dismissed the complaint against the seven judges of the Constitutional Council raised by the country's largest opposition party,… Read more »
February 14
Mozambique: Govt Wins Case, Won't Pay Over $100m to Indian Company
Mozambique has won an arbitration case and avoided paying over 100 million US dollars in a case against the Indian company Patel Engineering Ltd (PEL). Read more »
February 07
Mozambique: Mayor of Nampula Promises to Hand Over Power
The outgoing mayor of the northern Mozambican city of Nampula, Paulo Vahanle, has abandoned his threat that, because of the fraudulent nature of the municipal elections held on 11… Read more »
January 30
Mozambique: - Mocímboa DA Praia Experiences Panic After Intense Gunfire
The population of Mocímboa da Praia town, one of regions plagued by islamist terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, experienced moments of panic at… Read more »
January 15
Mozambique: Proposes Amending Voter Registration Dates
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Thursday submitted a request for a special session of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, to amend the electoral… Read more »
January 10
Mozambique: Attorney General's Office Dismisses Renamo's Request to Suspend Municipal Election Results
The Attorney General's Office (PGR) has dismissed the request by Mozambique's largest opposition party, Renamo, to suspend the ruling from the Constitutional Council that validates… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique and India Strengthen Cooperation
Mozambique and India renewed on Tuesday a commitment to strengthen cooperation, especially in business and the economy, in order to create jobs in both countries. Read more »
January 09
Mozambique: - Political Parties Call for Postponement of Voter Registration
Mozambique's main political parties have called for the postponement of the start of voter registration ahead of this year's presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections,… Read more »
Mozambique: Presidential Candidates Must Submit Nominations By 10 June
Anybody intending to run in the Mozambican presidential election scheduled for 9 October must submit their nomination papers to the Constitutional Council between 13 May and 10… Read more »
January 04
Mozambique: Confirms Ossufo Momade As Its Presidential Candidate
Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Wednesday confirmed that the party's leader, Ossufo Momade, will be the Renamo candidate in the presidential elections scheduled for… Read more »
December 20, 2023
Mozambique: Former Renamo Guerrilla Leader Demands Resignation of Momade
A former guerrilla leader, Timosse Maquinze, has demanded the resignation of the leader of Renamo, the largest opposition party in Mozambique, Ossufo Momade. Read more »
Mozambique: Disrupts State of the Nation Address
The parliamentary group of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Wednesday disrupted the annual State of the Nation Address delivered by President Filipe Nyusi. Read more »
Mozambique: Registration to Begin On 1 February
The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday that voter registration ahead of the 2024 general elections will begin on 1 February and last until 16 March. Read more »
Mozambique: Suspends Mayor of Nampula From Office
The Nampula City Court, in northern Mozambique, on Tuesday suspended from office the city's mayor, Paulo Vahanle. Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Approves Strategy For Combating Financing of Terrorism
Mozambican Government has approved a Strategy for Combating the Financing of Terrorism over the 2024-2029 period. Read more »
December 19, 2023
Mozambique: Portugal Guarantees European Mission Will Continue to Support Mozambique
The Portuguese Defence Minister, Helena Carreiras, has guaranteed that the European Union Military Mission in Mozambique (EUTM) will continue to support the fight against terrorism… Read more »
December 17, 2023
Mozambique: Debts - Privinvest Presents Closing Arguments
Lawyers for Lebanese billionaire Iskandar Safa and his Privinvest group of companies on Friday at the High Court in London argued that Mozambique had conceived the idea of building… Read more »
Mozambique: Quelimane Mayor Criticises Renamo Leadership
The mayor of the central Mozambican city of Quelimane, Manuel de Araujo, has criticised the silence of his own party, Renamo, in the case of the house arrest of the Renamo mayor of… Read more »