FRIDAY, 14 MARCH 2025, 20:19
Mozambique’s main opposition leader returned from weeks of exile Thursday, insisting he won October’s presidential elections and welcomed by thousands of jubilant supporters but at least one person was killed as police tried to disperse the crowds.
An investigation by Open Secrets reveals how Mozambican elites exploited weak enforcement to ‘invest’ in luxury properties in the neighbouring country
Businesses surveyed report that trading within Africa is easier than trading with the rest of the world
More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse
Nepotism, graft, shifting ideologies: Southern Africa’s liberation parties have experienced historic setbacks in 2024
The entry of Thales Alenia Space comes at a time when SpaceX’s Starlink is recording significant milestones on the continent
A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families
The Botswana Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers
When the country legalised some types of cannabis, it threw a centuries-old industry into disarray
The party that has ruled Mozambique since 1975 remains popular
A bitter dispute over which faction should control the central bank has laid bare the country’s fragilities
A steep improvement in Seychelles has seen it take over top spot in the foundation’s overall ranking from Mauritius
Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas
Human rights bodies fear that geoeconomic interests will overshadow promotion of democracy and human rights during the visit
What is going to happen when 91 year-old Paul Biya dies?
Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional initiatives being launched to protect the sea mammals
Adverse and biased narratives about the continent inflate perceptions of risk, leading to unjustifiably high borrowing costs
The hotel and its grand staircase were built in the Art Deco style in the 1950s when Mozambique was still a colony of Portugal
Rigathi Gachagua says the charges against him, including corruption, are a ploy to push him out of office
Outgoing President Filipe Nyusi’s Frelimo party has held power since independence from Portugal in 1975