Mozambique

[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has congratulated Ambassador Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas on her new appointment as Mozambique's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Daniel Chapo will be confirmed as President of the ruling Frelimo Party in mid-February.

[AIM] Maputo -- Islamist terrorists have been creating panic in Muidumbe district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, after they stopped a lorry and looted the goods that it was carrying.

[AIM] Maputo -- The passage of Cyclone Dikeledi has caused the death of 11 people in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, according to the latest official figures issued by the country's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD).

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican police association (AMOPAIP) has accused former presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane of "incitement to hatred' because he has urged members of the public to retaliate against any police officer who commits abuses.

[AIM] Maputo -- Despite the huge disruptions of December, the port of Maputo handled 30.9 million tonnes of goods in 2024.

[The Conversation Africa] Mozambique's political history has been marred by violence, disputed elections and authoritarian control. The pattern continues. As the 2024 elections have shown, Mozambique remains trapped in a cycle of violence and instability. Mass protests due to widespread allegations of electoral fraud and police violence led to the deaths of […]

[AIM] Maputo -- A group of masked assailants, armed with machetes, have been creating fear and panic among motorists travelling on the road between Silva Macua and Pemba city, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's main opposition party, Podemos, has claimed that 106 of its members and supporters have been murdered in recent months, particularly since 21 October, when the mass demonstrations against election results regarded as fraudulent began.

[AIM] Maputo -- Former Mozambican presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane on Wednesday claimed that he is the legitimate head of state, and not Daniel Chapo, the general secretary of the ruling Frelimo Party, who was sworn into office earlier in the day.

[DA] The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns President Cyril Ramaphosa's attendance at the inauguration of Mozambique's contested President, Daniel Chapo, alongside Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola and Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni yesterday.

[ISS] The new president must not only end post-electoral violence, but reverse the political and economic exclusion that fuelled it.

[UNFPA] When Tropical Cyclone Chido tore through northern Mozambique in December 2024, 26-year-old Massiala Agostinho was eight months pregnant with her fifth child.

[CAF] A masterclass performance from Fakhreddine Ben Youssef secured Egyptian side Al-Masry's place in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup quarter-finals with a commanding 3-1 victory over Black Bulls of Maputo on Sunday.

[U.S. House] Washington, DC -- US taxpayer funding abortions in Mozambique 'tip of the iceberg'

[Egypt Online] Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Habashi participated Friday 17/1/2025 in the inauguration ceremony of Mozambican President Daniel Chapo. After the ceremony, Chapo received Habashi in his office, where the Egyptian diplomat conveyed to him the greetings of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his congratulations on […]

[VOA] Maputo -- Under tight security measures, Mozambique's new president, Daniel Chapo, was sworn in as the country's fifth president on Wednesday.

[UN News] The UN Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee which also extends measures related to the illicit export of petroleum from oil-rich Libya, initially authorised in 2014.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has conveniently dispatched Defence Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, for Mozambique where she will represent him at the inauguration of President-elect Daniel Chapo this Wednesday.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] On 30 December the National Elections Commission decided to destroy all ballot papers, results sheets, and other election material on Friday, 17 January. The Mais Integridade observer consortium filed an appeal with the Administrative Tribunal last Wednesday (8 January) to try to stop the destruction of documents […]

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] With a further six deaths confirmed on Monday, murdered by the police, the number of citizens killed by the Mozambican authorities has reached 300. This is according to the data collected and carefully confirmed by the organisations monitoring police violence in Mozambique, namely CIP, the Decide Platform and Amnesty […]

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The president of the party of the Portuguese far-right, Chega, André Ventura, made a sharp speech on Portugal's position towards Chapo's investiture. He said that Portugal and the European Union should take the same line towards Mozambique as they did towards Venezuela: they should not recognise the election results […]

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will not attend the investiture of Daniel Chapo. Instead, he will send his foreign minister, Paulo Rangel, to represent Portugal. They reached what is described as ''an intermediate solution" after the Portuguese parliament called on the government not to recognise the […]

[The Herald] Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri left the country yesterday for Mozambique to attend the inauguration of President-elect Daniel Chapo today.

[The Herald] Ranga Mataire -- MOZAMBIQUE's Daniel Chapo is set to be sworn in today as the fifth President of the former Portuguese colony, which gained its independence on June 25, 1975.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Minister of State and Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic, Adão de Almeida, will witness on Wednesday (15) the inauguration of the President-elect of the Republic of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo.

[Namibian] President Nangolo Mbumba will not attend the inauguration of Mozambique president Daniel Chapo.

[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- Today, January 14, the new Mozambican Parliament, which emerged from the general elections of October 9 (see Fides, 22/10/2024), was inaugurated. However, the opposition parties, which contest the electoral result, stayed away from the inaugural session. The situation therefore remains tense ahead of tomorrow's inauguration of […]

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has arrived in Mozambique to attend the inauguration of President-elect Daniel Francisco Chapo set for today.

[MSF] As part of an emergency response to the devastating storm in Mozambique, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is providing psychological support to survivors to cope with their distress and to overwhelmed health professionals.