The National Election Commission (CNE) in Mozambique has certified the victory of President Filipe Nyusi and the Frelimo party following the disputed October 15 elections, although at least eight members of the commission dissented and said the CNE failed to guarantee a fair process. Nyusi won with 73 percent of…
Mozambique’s Renamo party on Saturday joined the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) party and its presidential candidate in rejecting the reported results of the October 15 elections showing incumbent President Filipe Nyusi with a landslide victory. The latest results from The National Election Commission (CNE) and Mozambique’s Technical Secretariat for…
Incumbent President Filipe Nyusi and the long-ruling Frelimo party appear headed toward unsurprising victory in Mozambique, but as votes are still being counted, there are equally unsurprising charges of gross irregularities and electoral violence casting a shadow on the results – and the struggling southern African nation’s future. The National…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Pope Francis arrived late Wednesday in Mozambique to begin a seven-day tour that will take him to three African nations, beginning with his time in Maputo. President Felipe Nyusi and other dignitaries were on hand to meet the pope at the airport when he arrived about 7:30 p.m. local time….
Mozambique’s new amnesty law is meeting with resistance from activists outraged by the idea that neither their government nor its longtime Renamo opposition will be held accountable for abuses. The new law protects from prosecution those accused of serious human rights violations since 2014. They include allegations of enforced disappearances,…
In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, the fatal attacks last week on contractors working at the development site of Anadarko’s LNG export facility on the Afungi Peninsula are believed to be the first such extremist attacks on foreign oil workers in the southeast African nation. Yet they’re by no means the…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
In Mozambique, more than a year has passed since a ceasefire that curtailed the fighting between state security forces and the Renamo opposition. Since then, no one has been held accountable for serious human rights violations committed on both sides between November 2015 and December 2016. That’s according to a…
Protesters in Mozambique took to the streets of Nampula on Thursday, blocking traffic and burning tires while demanding justice in the aftermath of the assassination of Mayor Morreu Mahamudo Amurane. Police fired warning shots to try and keep the demonstrations under control, witnesses said. Residents joined youth dressed in black…
Saturday marks the beginning of a three-day period of mourning period in Mozambique, following a petrol tanker explosion that killed at least 73 people in the town of Caphiridzange. The tanker truck had loaded at the port city of Beira and was destined for Malawi, traveling through the western Mozambique…
The dearth of discussion on African nations and issues during the U.S. presidential debates was an absence that did not go unnoticed – but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t candidates who understand that Africa’s young populations, growing economies and climate challenges are a diplomatic priority. They aren’t always being heard,…