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Portugal to help train Mozambique security forces against militants

Politics 14 Dec, 2020

Portugal has offered to train the Mozambique security forces to tackle a wave of Islamist militant attacks to the country’s North. A recent surge in violence was witnessed in the country’s Cabo Delgad...

Maputo News

Mozambique government and Renamo resume talks

Politics 31 May, 2016

Peace talks resume in Maputo after Dhlakama drops pre-conditions. Peace talks between the Mozambican government and representatives of the Renamo rebel movement have resumed after Renamo leader Afo...

Maputo News

Mozambique opposition boycotts peace talks

Politics 16 Sep, 2015

Convoy of Renamo leader attacked Mozambique's main opposition party Renamo has boycotted peace talks with the ruling Frelimo for the second time, amid a resumption of low-level clashes between reb...

Maputo News

Mozambican president sworn in

Politics 18 Jan, 2015

Opposition party boycotts inauguration ceremony Mozambique's new president Filipe Nyusi was sworn into office on 15 January at a ceremony that was boycotted by the main opposition party Renamo, whi...

Maputo News

Mozambican parliament sworn in

Politics 12 Jan, 2015

Opposition threatens to form breakaway state Outgoing Mozambican president Armando Guebuza opened the nation's new parliament in Maputo on 12 January. The new president Filipe Nyusi of Frelimo w...

Maputo News

Nyusi confirmed winner of Mozambique presidental elections

Politics 04 Nov, 2014

Frelimo wins elections with reduced majority Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) has officially confirmed that Filipe Nyusi, the candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party, has won the Moz...

Maputo News

Mozambique prepares for elections

Politics 13 Oct, 2014

Ruling Frelimo party expected to win Election campaigns have drawn to a close in Mozambique as the country prepares to elect a new parliament and president on 15 October. The candidate of the r...

Maputo News

Peace deal in Mozambique ahead of elections

Politics 10 Sep, 2014

Renamo leader comes out of hiding to run for president Mozambican president Armando Guebuza and Renamo rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama signed a landmark peace deal in Maputo on 5 September, ahead of t...

Maputo News

Italian premier to visit Maputo

Politics 17 Jul, 2014

Renzi on three-day visit to Africa Italy's premier Matteo Renzi will visit Maputo on 19 July as part of a three-day trip to Mozambique, the Republic of Congo and Angola. Renzi is due to hold meet...

Maputo News

Renamo leader may run for president

Politics 25 May, 2014

Dhlakama seeks security before entering presidential race Mozambique's Renamo opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama says he intends to run as a candidate in the 15 October presidential election but fi...

Maputo News

Peace talks resume in Mozambique

Politics 29 Jan, 2014

Government resumes dialogue with Renamo Mozambique's Frelimo-led government and the main opposition party Renamo resumed talks on 27 January, after three months of stalled negotiations and escalating...

Maputo News

New presidential palace in Maputo

Politics 28 Jan, 2014

Building funded with loan from China Mozambican president Armando Guebuza inaugurated the nation's new presidential palace on 24 January. The two-storey complex overlooks Maputo Bay and is substantia...

Maputo News

Shortlist of Frelimo presidential candidates

Politics 12 Dec, 2013

List comprises prime minister and two government ministers Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party has released a shortlist of three candidates ahead of the presidential polls on 15 October next year....

Maputo News

Mozambique goes to the polls

Politics 19 Nov, 2013

Election authorities to go ahead with polls despite threat of violence Mozambicans cast their votes in local elections on 20 November amid an escalation of political violence that threatens voter p...

Maputo News

Maputo march for peace and security

Politics 02 Nov, 2013

Protests against rebel violence and abductions Tens of thousands of Mozambicans marched in Maputo and the port cities of Beira and Quelimane on 31 October in protest over the renewed threat of arme...

Maputo News

Mozambique's Renamo ends peace deal

Politics 26 Oct, 2013

Rebels claim government attempted “to kill its leader" Afonso Dhlakama Mozambique's Renamo rebels have ended a 1992 peace deal after government forces attacked the base of their leader Afons...

Maputo News

Mozambique election date announced

Politics 01 Aug, 2013

General elections will be held in October 2014, following an announcement by Mozambican president Armando Guebuza on 31 July. Presidential, parliamentary and regional assembly votes will take place...

Maputo News

Mozambique starts voter registration

Politics 02 Jun, 2013

A voter registration programme began in Mozambique on 25 May and runs until 23 July, ahead of the nation's presidential election in 2014. The registration process got off to a shaky start due to te...

Maputo News

Mozambique president sacks prime minister

Politics 08 Oct, 2012

Mozambique president Armando Guebuza has sacked his prime minister Aires Bonifacio Ali in a surprise cabinet reshuffle, which has raised uncertainty over who will run in the country's presidential pol...

Maputo News

Anti-piracy agreement between South Africa and Mozambique

Politics 15 Nov, 2011

An anti-piracy agreement has been reached between South Africa and Mozambique, to be extended eventually to include Tanzania. The agreement was signed at the third South African-Mozambican Joint Perma...

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