How can a coconut be 100? Mozambique grows coconuts!" says another. Image: The young men agreed to speak to us after the police stopped firing at them An older woman joins the furore: "People were ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to ...

Still, his victory is being contested by candidate Venâncio Mondlane. Since 21 October last year, Mozambique has experienced successive stoppages and demonstrations called by Mondlane, and clashes ...

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground ...

Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal miners, resulting in close to 80 deaths.

Chapo takes oath in sparsely attended ceremony Heavy police and army presence in deserted ... Daniel Chapo of Mozambique's long-ruling Frelimo party was sworn in as president on Wednesday at ...

Armoured vehicles, the military and the police were widely deployed. The main room of the Assembly of the Republic was buzzing with Mozambique's ruling elite. Two half-rows of empty chairs were a ...

The streets in central Maputo were eerily silent as MPs were sworn in on Monday. Armoured vehicles, the military and the police were widely deployed. The main room of the Assembly of the Republic was ...

Police had responded to the October protests against the election results with tear gas and bullets, leaving at least three people dead, according to civil society organisations. Mondlane had fled ...