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The Mozambican government has threatened to deploy soldiers to quell opposition protests that are gaining momentum in response to the recent presidential election, which incumbent Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party won, thus extending its five-decade rule. The unrest has engulfed the southern African nation after the opposition rejected the results of the country’s […]
At least 11 people have reportedly died and 63 were injured by gunfire in Mozambique in a police crackdown on popular protests following disputed presidential election results. Demonstrations erupted after the East African country’s electoral commission declared the ruling Frelimo party the winner of the election that was held on 9 October, thus extending its […]
Mozambique’s ruling party Frelimo is staying in power following its victory in a national election that triggered growing unrest. Police on Monday used teargas and gunfire to disperse opposition supporters protesting the murder of a lawyer in the country’s main opposition party. Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo, 47, will succeed President Filipe Nyusi to become Mozambique’s fifth […]
Police in Mozambique fired tear gas at opposition politician Venancio Mondlane and his supporters during a press conference in Maputo, forcing them to flee. The incident occurred near the location where his lawyer and a senior opposition official were killed by unidentified gunmen last Friday. The violence comes amid rising tensions following disputed elections and […]
Gunmen in Mozambique have killed two opposition officials, escalating tensions following a disputed election. Elvino Dias, a lawyer for the Podemos party, and Paulo Guambe, a party representative, were fatally shot in Maputo. The killings occurred amidst growing unrest over the October 9 election results, which show the ruling Frelimo party leading. Podemos, supporting independent […]
Mozambique’s upcoming election is likely to see the ruling Frelimo party maintain its half-century grip on power, despite facing a strong challenge from independent candidate Venancio Mondlane. President Filipe Nyusi is stepping down, with Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo expected to succeed him. The election occurs against a backdrop of an Islamist insurgency in the north, which […]
Mozambique’s Constitutional Council has definitively excluded the Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD), which supports Venâncio Mondlane’s presidential candidacy, from the October 9 general elections. In the ruling released on Thursday, in response to the appeal filed by the CAD over the exclusion of the candidacy previously decided by the National Electoral Commission, the Constitutional Council (CC) […]
Timber smuggling, estimated to be worth $23 million a year, from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund the country’s Islamic-State linked militants operating in its northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, according to a new report by Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), A multi-year investigation by the NGO, which campaigns against alleged environmental crime, […]
China’s 45th naval fleet has in recent weeks visited Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar in what experts say is Beijing’s show of force designed to help cement the Asian powerhouse’s diplomatic ties in Africa. After the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Navy stopped many of its African port visits during the Covid-19 pandemic, it has now begun […]
Angered by a proposal in Berlin to restrict the import of hunting trophies, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany, claiming that, contrary to some misconceptions in Europe, an explosion in the number of the mammals roaming his country has produced a “plague”. In comments published by German tabloid Bild […]