Around 202,000 Mozambicans who had fled to Malawi because of the post-election demonstrations have now returned to their areas of origin after a relative calm this week. These are residents of the Morrumbala district in Zambezia, who fled to the Malawian district of Sanje last week because of the violence that characterized...
On Wednesday (18), the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, received a message from Pope Francis on the occasion of the World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on January 1st. In the message, Pope Francis says that in the upcoming jubilee year, the World Day of Peace will be celebrated under the slogan "Forgive us our...
Professor and former director of Kenya's Anti-Corruption Commission, PLO Lumumba, is challenging the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, to take on a fundamental role in promoting peace and reconciliation in Mozambique and to listen to the voices of reason in the face of the situation that has been going on in the country since October. In a letter addressed to the Head of...
Mozambican courts are being used as an "instrument of political persecution" in the face of electoral management crises, considers jurist Elvino Dias. This position comes at a time when the Nampula and Nacala courts have suspended the respective mayors Paulo Vahanle and Raul Novinte from office, respectively, accusing them of inciting violence during the...