Pope Francis today (22) expressed his concern about the situation in Mozambique, expressing his solidarity with the people of that country. "I always follow with attention and concern the news that arrives from Mozambique and I wish to renew to this dear people my message of hope, peace and reconciliation," he said, after reciting the Angelus,...
The Constitutional Council (CC) has confirmed the announcement of the validation of the election results from last October for tomorrow (23). The public session will take place at the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Center at 3pm. According to a note from the CC to which MZNews has had access, the session will mark...
The Renamo guerrillas who had shut down the party's national headquarters on Friday were driven out by armed men. The group of former Renamo guerrillas, who are challenging the current leadership, accuse the party's president, Ossufo Momade, of sending his trusted men to break up the protest. According to...
The mayor of the city of Beira, Albano Carige, denounced yesterday (21), via his social network Facebook, that there are plans to silence him before the Constitutional Council announces the election results of October 9, scheduled for tomorrow, Monday. According to Carige, the plan to assassinate him is due to take place this weekend and is...
The Mozambican Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, and the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, discussed last Friday night in New York, United States of America, the post-election tension that has plagued Mozambique since October and has already caused more than 100 deaths. The meeting between the two took place in...
More than 36,000 people crossed the borders of Ressano Garcia, Goba, Namaacha and Ponta do Ouro, in Maputo province, from the 15th to the 20th of this month, to celebrate the festive season with their families. According to the spokeswoman for the Maputo Provincial Migration Directorate, Carmen Mazenga, despite the post-election crisis that...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, announced last Thursday (19) that he had decided to grant pardons to 1119 convicts in prisons throughout the country, with effect from today, Sunday. According to the newspaper Carta de Moçambique, the beneficiaries of this presidential pardon include eight defendants convicted in the "hidden debts" case. This is...
The doors of the Renamo party headquarters reopened in Maputo this Saturday (21), after a group of former guerrillas declared the closure of the premises. The group is demanding a National Council to elect a new leadership. The group of ex-guerrillas had already submitted two letters of protest, calling for the...
The PODEMOS presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, yesterday (21) called on the population of all the provinces to be attentive tomorrow, Monday (23), to the announcement of the election results by the Constitutional Council (CC). "We must be ready to act," said Mondlane, who is calling for the election results to be announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). In a broadcast via the...
Misa Mozambique, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that defends press freedom, has condemned the shooting of a reporter from SPM TV, a local broadcaster that broadcasts in digital format, by agents from the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR). The case took place on December 14, when the police fired on people attending the funeral...