Mozambique: Fourteen Kilos of Hashish Incinerated in Cabo Delgado

The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has incinerated fourteen kilos of hashish found in the possession of four young men in Carioca neighbourhood, in the city of Pemba,… Read more »

Mozambique: Aids-Related Deaths Fall By 19%

The Mozambican health authorities have recorded, in the last eight years, a reduction of AIDS-related deaths by 19 percent, which means that the 54,000 cases recorded in 2015 fell… Read more »

Mozambique: Inaugurates Three Schools in Zambézia

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Saturday inaugurated three secondary schools budgeted at 190 million meticais (about 2.9 million dollars at the current exchange rate), in the… Read more »

Mozambique: Claim Outsiders Are Financing Demonstrations

The deputy general commander of the Mozambican police force (PRM), Fernando Tsucana, has clamed that the demonstrations against alleged fraud in the 9 October general elections are… Read more »

Mozambique: Diplomatic Missions Condemn Running Down of Demonstrator By Security Forces Vehicle

The British High Commission, the High Commission of Canada, and the Embassies of the United States, Norway and Switzerland have called on the Mozambican government "to uphold the… Read more »

Mozambique: With Mondlane Absent, Dialogue Postponed

The political dialogue intended to solve the post-election crisis in Mozambique broke down on Tuesday before it had even started. Read more »

Mozambique: Bank Cuts Interest Rates

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), at a meeting in Maputo on Wednesday decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 75 base points. Read more »

Mozambique: U.S. Has Not Recognised Mondlane As Winner of Mozambican Election

Reports that US President-elect Donald Trump has recognised independent presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane as the winner of Mozambique's 9 October general election are… Read more »

Mozambique: Displaced People Return to Their Homes in Macomia

The Mozambican authorities, in cooperation with the Rwandan Forces, have authorized the return of the displaced population to their homes after they fled from Mucojo administrative… Read more »

Mozambique: Security Forces Killed At Least 10 Children During Demonstrations - Human Rights Watch

The international NGO, Human Rights Watch (HRW), claims that the Mozambican security forces killed at least 10 children and injured dozens more during mass demonstrations called by… Read more »

Mozambique: Constitutional Council Judges Claim to Be Victims of Death Threats

The judges of the Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of electoral law, claim that they have been receiving death threats through messages "sent to their… Read more »

Mozambique: Post-Election Crisis Must Serve to Rebuild Mozambican State

The former chairperson of the Mozambican Bar Association (OAM), Tomás Timbane, believes that the current post-election crisis, which is characterized by social upheaval and… Read more »

Mozambique: Rwanda Govt Denies Sending Troops to Maputo

Mozambique's fugitive opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, on Sunday night claimed that Rwandan troops are being transferred from the northern province of Cabo Delgado to Maputo,… Read more »

Mozambique: Misa Concerned At Attacks On Media Professionals

The Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) has expressed its great concern at the physical and verbal attacks against media… Read more »

Mozambique: Council Willing to Mediate in Cabo Delgado

The Islamic Council of Mozambique (Cislamo) on Saturday expressed its willingness to mediate between the Mozambican government and the jihadist terrorists who have been active in… Read more »

Mozambique: New Results Sheets Are Being Forged, Claims Mondlane

Mozambique's fugitive opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, on Saturday night claimed that the request by the Constitutional Council for the National Elections Commission (CNE) to… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambican Strike Affects Fuel Supplies in Neighbouring Countries

The fuel company Puma Energy Zambia has ordered its staff to park its trucks currently in Mozambique in safe places following the strike declared by fugitive presidential candidate… Read more »

South Africa: Five Mozambicans Arrested for Murder in South Africa

The South African Police Service (SAPS) have detained five Mozambican nationals for alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a 64 year old municipal official in Nkangala… Read more »

Mozambique: Promises to Analyse Illegality of Its Leader Being Also President

Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party has promised to analyse the supposed illegality of the same person holding, at the same time, the posts of President of the Republic and President… Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo Accuses CDD of Defamation

Renamo, the largest opposition party in Mozambique, has accused the prominent NGO, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), of denigrating the image of its leader, Ossufo… Read more »

Mozambique: No Competitive Tenders to Provide Election Material

The Mozambican anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), has warned that the National Elections Commission (CNE) has deliberately avoided competitive public… Read more »

Mozambique: Ten Terrorists Killed in Mucojo

The Mozambican Defence and Security Forces (FDS), in cooperation with the Rwandan forces, have killed ten Islamist terrorists in Mucojo Administrative Post, Macomia district, in… Read more »

Mozambique: Attorney General's Office Opens Criminal Proceedings Against Electoral Offenders

The Mozambican Attorney General's Office (PGR) claims to have opened criminal proceedings against people accused of committing electoral offences. Read more »

Mozambique: Elections Commission Lacks Funds to Transport Polling Station Staff

The spokesperson for Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), Paulo Cuinica, claims that the body lacks funds to purchase air tickets in order to transport, throughout the… Read more »

Mozambique: Bank of Mozambique Cuts Interest Rate

Meeting in Maputo on Monday, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO) decided to cut the bank's reference interest rate, known as the MIMO rate, from 14.25 to… Read more »