November 17, 2025
Mozambique: The Three Big Reasons Why Mozambique Is Not Adapting to Climate Change and What Needs to Be Done
Around the world, societies are looking for ways to live with climate change. Adapting to a hotter and harsher future means scientists, governments and communities must find ways… Read more »
July 07, 2025
Mozambique: Samora Machel's Vision for Mozambique Didn't Survive - What Has Taken Its Place?
Samora Moisés Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, was born in 1933 in Gaza province, in the south of the country. He died in an unexplained plane crash on… Read more »
June 24, 2025
Mozambique: Mozambique After 50 Years of Independence - What's There to Celebrate?
Mozambique's government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025. It is 50 years since independence, won after an anti-colonial war against Portugal… Read more »
March 09, 2025
Mozambique: The Incredible Journey of Two Princes From Mozambique Whose Lives Were Upended By the Slave Trade
A new book called The Two Princes of Mpfumo tells the fascinating story of a pair of royals from Mozambique in southern Africa whose lives were thrown into chaos by the… Read more »
January 24, 2025
Mozambique: Political Assassinations, Police Violence and Lack of Press Freedom - 3 Barriers to Peace in Mozambique
Mozambique's parliament and its new president, Daniel Chapo, were sworn in in mid-January 2025 after a tumultuous post-election period of protests, barricades and police violence. Read more »
January 21, 2025
Mozambique: Mozambique's Cycles of Violence Won't End Until Frelimo's Grip On Power Is Broken
Mozambique's political history has been marred by violence, disputed elections and authoritarian control. The pattern continues. As the 2024 elections have shown, Mozambique… Read more »
January 08, 2025
Mozambique: Venâncio Mondlane Is Mozambique's Political Challenger - What He Stands for
When people watched political debates on Soico TV, one of the most watched private channels in Mozambique, around 2010, they often saw a young forest engineer and bank employee who… Read more »
January 06, 2025
Mozambique: Mozambique's Long Struggle to Build a Nation - Four Novels That Tell the Story
Mozambique's long history of nation-building is still unfinished. The country is still pursuing a cohesive national identity, stable institutions, and the economic foundations that… Read more »
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