Africa: Mozambique

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade hug after signing the landmark peace agreement on August 6. By STRINGER (AFP/File)

Mozambique's Renamo says members attacked after peace deal

Aug 17, 2019

Mozambique's former rebel group-turned-opposition party Renamo on Friday said its members came under attack just days af ...

Nampula prison holds inmates from across northern Mozambique, including some accused of involvement in jihadist attacks in the Muslim-majority province of Cabo Delgado, pictured here in 2018. By Emidio JOSINE (AFP/File)

Three killed, 7 injured in jail riot in northern M...

Aug 7, 2019

Three people were shot dead and seven were wounded after rioting broke out Wednesday morning at the largest prison in no ...

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi (C-L) and Renamo (Mozambican National Resistence) leader Ossufo Momade (C-R) embraced after signing the deal. By STRINGER (AFP)

Mozambique rivals hail 'new era' as they sign land...

Aug 7, 2019

Mozambique's government and the ex-rebel group Renamo completed a long-awaited peace pact on Tuesday, inking a final dea ...

On August 1, President Filipe Nyusi, left, and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade signed a precursor pact to end military hostilities. By Stringer (Office of the President of Mozambique/AFP/File)

Mozambique rivals sign 'historic' final peace deal

Aug 6, 2019

Mozambique's government and the ex-rebel group Renamo completed a long-awaited peace pact on Tuesday, inking a final dea ...

President Filipe Nyusi (L) and Renamo leader leader Ossufo Momade recently signed a pact to formally end military hostilities. By Stringer (Office of the President of Mozambique/AFP)

Mozambique rivals to sign final peace deal

Aug 6, 2019

Mozambique's ex-rebel group-turned opposition party, Renamo, will on Tuesday sign a final peace agreement with the gover ...

More than 5,200 Renamo fighters are expected to surrender their weapons to the government as one of the conditions for upholding a landmark peace deal; pictured is Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi. By Wikus DE WET (AFP/File)

Mozambique urges opposition fighters to hand in we...

Aug 2, 2019

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi on Friday warned that any opposition Renamo fighters who chose not to turn in their we ...

The scandal over funds for maritime security and ships forced a suspension of aid. By STRINGER (AFP)

Mozambique sues French-Lebanese billionaire over d...

Aug 2, 2019

Mozambique has started legal action against a French-Lebanese billionaire, Iskandar Safa, whose shipbuilding company is ...

Mozambique President Felipe Jacinto Nyusi signed a deal with opposition Renamo to end hostilities. By THIERRY CHARLIER (AFP)

Mozambique govt, opposition Renamo sign historic p...

Aug 1, 2019

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade on Thursday signed a landmark agreement to ...

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi says the peace deal will be signed at Renamo's military base in the Gorongosa mountains. By ADRIEN BARBIER (AFP)

Mozambique leader says will ink formal peace deal ...

Jul 31, 2019

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has said he will sign a peace deal on Thursday with Renamo leader Ossufo Momade that ...

Fighters from the former rebel movement Renamo have started turning in their guns to honour a peace deal struck with the Mozambique government. By JOHN WESSELS (AFP/File)

Renamo fighters start disarming as part of Mozambi...

Jul 31, 2019

Mozambique's main opposition party and former rebel movement Renamo began disarming members of its armed wing on Tuesday ...

New Rural Finance Project To Help Boost Rural Ente...

Jul 19, 2019

A new Rural Enterprise Finance Project (REFP), which will help more than 287,700 rural people engaged in agriculture, fi ...

S.Africa halts extradition of Mozambican ex-minist...

Jul 13, 2019

South Africa said Saturday that it had halted plans to extradite former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang to his ...

Guterres met people living at a resettlement camp in cyclone-hit central Mozambique. By WIKUS DE WET (AFP)

UN chief makes climate change plea in cyclone-hit ...

Jul 12, 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday issued a strong plea for action on climate change as he visited Beira in ...

Guterres said Mozambique did not contribute to global warming but was a victim of climate change. By Wikus DE WET (AFP)

Aid pledges to cyclone-ravaged Mozambique inadequa...

Jul 11, 2019

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said funds pledged to help Mozambique recover the devastation of two s ...

Ossufo Momade, seen in 2012, will run as the Renamo party candidate in Mozambique's October 2019 presidential election against Daviz Simango from the opposition MDM and President Filipe Nyusi from the ruling Frelimo party. By ROBERTO MATCHISSA (AFP/File)

Renamo nominates Momade for Mozambique presidentia...

Jun 26, 2019

Mozambique's Renamo opposition party on Wednesday nominated its leader Ossufo Momade to run for president in October ele ...

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi, pictured in May 2019, held a ceremony with Anadarko executives. By SIPHIWE SIBEKO (POOL/AFP/File)

Anadarko to invest $25 billion in Mozambique gas p...

Jun 18, 2019

US energy firm Anadarko plans to invest $25 billion (22 billion euros) in developing offshore gas reserves in the north ...

Villages in remote northern Mozambique have been repeatedly attacked by a shadowy Islamist group -- more than 200 people have died since 2017. By Joaquim Nhamirre (AFP)

Islamic State claims first presence in Mozambique,...

Jun 5, 2019

The Islamic State group has claimed it was involved in an insurgent clash in Mozambique for the first time, but an exper ...