Over 1500 Prisoners Escape, Dozens Killed Amid Unrest | Firstpost Africa The situation in Mozambique is growing volatile with each passing day. In the latest, over 1500 prisoners have escaped from a ...

Chapo, backed by the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), will succeed Filipe Nyusi as President. His inauguration ...

The gems we’ll feature in today’s edition, which is our 2025 opener, will be the ones we picked from newspapers published in the last week of 2024.

JOHANNESBURG - In an unexpected move, Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has postponed announcing the final ...

Thousands of people have fled Mozambique to neighboring Malawi, seeking refuge from the nation's deadly post-election unrest. The exodus follows the confirmation of the ruling Frelimo party's win in ...

Povo no Poder,” or “People in Power,” by the rap star Azagaia, has become the unofficial anthem of the protests over a disputed election.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the Government of Malawi say they have recorded around 2,000 people who crossed the border ...

A year later on Oct. 24 Daniel Chapo won the Oct. 9 election, extending Frelimo’s 50-year grip on power. Frelimo is one of the longest lasting dictatorships in Africa. The current leader of Frelimo is ...

One Mozambique family is mourning a 16-year-old girl shot dead on Christmas Day; another is devastated over the loss of a 22-year-old son, brother and breadwinner killed on the sidelines of a protest ...

Mozambique's main opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has called for unity ahead of a fresh round of protests against the ...

Guinean Foreign Minister Carlos Pinto Pereira voiced serious concerns over Mozambique’s escalating political tensions ...

South Africa has stepped up law enforcement efforts along its border with Mozambique, amid post-election protests in the ...