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The son of Mozambique’s ex-president and 18 others have gone on trial over $2 billion “tuna bonds” affair. Ndambi Guebuza, son of former President Armando Guebuza, and the others face charges of blackmail, embezzlement and money laundering. Mozambique’s biggest corruption scandal led donors including the IMF to cut funding for the country and the economy […]
Rwandan and Mozambican troops have retaken a key port city from Islamist militants in northern Mozambique, the Rwandan military says. It says Mocímboa da Praia was the rebels’ last stronghold. It is located in Cabo Delgado province, home to one of Africa’s biggest gas fields. Last month, Rwanda sent 1,000 soldiers to Mozambique to fight […]
Gunmen in conflict-hit northern Mozambique abducted dozens of children during raids in 2020, according to a new analysis by Save the Children. The charity said in a report on Wednesday the “abduction of children has become a new and alarmingly regular tactic by armed groups” in Cabo Delgado province, where worsening fighting over the past […]
French giant Total has decided to suspend its operations on a multi-billion liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique because of ongoing violence in the area caused by Islamist insurgency. “Considering the evolution of the security situation in the north of the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, Total confirms the withdrawal of all Mozambique LNG […]
Fighters linked to ISIS group that attacked a town in northern Mozambique last month is now secure after the military killed a significant number of fighters and cleared one final area, an army spokesman and a provincial official said. Commander Chongo Vidigal, leader of military operations to regain control of Palma, told state television TVM on […]
The attempted evacuation of people trapped during an attack in northern Mozambique by militants has led to multiple casualties, with dozens of people still unaccounted for, according to reports. The town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province was attacked by Islamist insurgents on Wednesday. Witnesses reported seeing bodies in the streets after the insurgents, believed […]
More than 180 people, including foreigners were trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege for three days by fighters linked to the ISIL. Several people were dead, AFP news agency reported citing witnesses and a rights group, after the attack in the town of Palma near a liquefied natural gas (LNG) […]
Over hundred dolphins were found dead on an island off the coast of Mozambique. Eighty-six carcasses were found on Bazaruto Island, north of the capital Maputo on Tuesday, after a first group was washed ashore on Sunday. The cause of the deaths is still unknown, the country’s environment ministry said, and more experts are heading […]
The bodies of 64 male migrants were discovered Tuesday in a sealed shipping container at a checkpoint in Tete, Mozambique, according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). In a statement released Tuesday night, IOM confirmed that 14 survivors were rescued by local authorities and are being treated at a local hospital. The survivors […]