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Sign outside the offices of an organisation in Mozambique that was defunded by USAid. Photos: Jesse Copelyn

Mozambican children die after US funding cuts: Who bears responsibility?

The least the Trump administration could have done was provide ample warning that it was going to cut aid

Mozambique President Elect Daniel Chapo. (Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images)

Mozambique election: Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo declared election winner amid tension

The party that has ruled Mozambique since 1975 remains popular

Outgoing President Filipe Nyusi’s Frelimo party has held power since independence from Portugal in 1975

Meet Mozambique’s four leading presidential candidates

Outgoing President Filipe Nyusi’s Frelimo party has held power since independence from Portugal in 1975

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has chosen a relatively unknown regional governor, Daniel Chapo, as its new leader, which will make him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year’s elections.

Mozambique’s governing party chooses new leader

With the change in leadership of Frelimo, the country is likely to have a new president after the elections on 9 October

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has chosen a relatively unknown regional governor, Daniel Chapo, as its new leader, which will make him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year’s elections.

Mozambique’s 2023 local elections: Elections against democracy

Rerun-elections have painfully exposed the country’s institutional weaknesses

A destroyed house is seen in the village of Aldeia da Paz in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Organised attacks by insurgents are forcing residents to flee the strife-torn province. (Marco Longari/ AFP)

New report sheds light on the conflict in Mozambique

A new report by the International Crisis Group examines the ongoing insurgency in northern Mozambique and looks at what needs to be done to stop it. The group’s Horn of Africa…

Lessons from Palma attack: What next for the insurgency in Cabo Delgado?

Mozambique is starting to accept it needs more than private military aid to fight the Islamic State insurgency

A more complex reality in Cabo Delgado

In the Mozambican province wracked by a violent insurgency, the convenient labelling of those rising up against the predatory elite paints a picture that is far from reality

Embracing peace: Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi (left) and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade (right) hug each other after signing a ceasefire agreement that formally ends decades of military hostilities. (AFP)

Third time lucky: Will Mozambique’s peace deal last?

It’s been a year since Frelimo and Renamo signed the Maputo Accord. This time, the peace might just hold

Mozambique President Armando Guebuza.

Mozambique’s government-industrial complex

Dangerously close links between government officials and the private sector encourage corruption

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo: File

Amended Refugee Act restricts fundamental rights

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has defended the new amendments to the Refugees Act that came into effect at the beginning of the year, saying they serve to tie up…

Mozambique votes in tense election after violent campaign

The Frelimo party, which has ruled thenation since independence in 1975, is widely expected to again beat its former civil war foe Renamo

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has chosen a relatively unknown regional governor, Daniel Chapo, as its new leader, which will make him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year’s elections.

Mozambique braces for high stakes poll

High levels of violence are expected in the run-up to the October 15 general elections

Pope Francis’ visit to Mozambique from September 4 to 6 comes at a critical political moment. (Reuters/Max Rossi)

Hope, peace and reconciliation: Pope Francis in Mozambique

A papal visit will highlight the importance of the recently signed peace agreement between the government and opposition

Embracing peace: Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi (left) and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade (right) hug each other after signing a ceasefire agreement that formally ends decades of military hostilities. (AFP)

Mozambique rivals sign peace deal

The leaders of Renamo and Frelimo hail the ‘new era’ ending clashes between the two since 2013

Embracing peace: Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi (left) and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade (right) hug each other after signing a ceasefire agreement that formally ends decades of military hostilities. (AFP)

Third time lucky for peace in Mozambique?

Renamo’s hardened fighters are not getting any younger, so this time the deal may stick

Despite the numerous elections, experts don’t expect much change on the continent. (AFP)

2019: Africa heads into an election year

Voters in several African nations, including Nigeria and South Africa, are headed to the ballot box in 2019

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has chosen a relatively unknown regional governor, Daniel Chapo, as its new leader, which will make him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year’s elections.

Mozambique local polls test peace process

Renamo, the main opposition party is running in the municipal vote for the first time in 10 years

Legacy: Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama built a rebel movement

Remembering a warlord democrat

Afonso Dhlakama, the Mozambican rebel leader, was a quixotic, charismatic figure

In December 2016

Mozambique rebel leader Dhlakama dead, say party sources

Several sources in the Renamo party said the veteran rebel leader passed away after an unconfirmed heart attack