The death of Italian-Mozambican businessman Umberto Sartori last Friday inside the Machava Maximum Security Prison, popularly known as BO, has further raised concerns over conditions, accountability, and internal dynamics...

Two weeks ago, a local peasant militia known as “Naparama” killed three electoral civic educators in the region of Catupa, in Chiúre district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo...

Mozambique’s Constitutional Council on Friday put an end to weeks of speculation with regards to the outcome of the 11 October municipal elections in 55 municipalities, by issuing a 56-page...

It has been the most talked about issue since 12 October. Days after the holding of municipal elections, Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party declared itself the winner in 64 of 65...

Tangled up in the web they themselves wove, the Makonde ethnic group, which has closed ranks and built walls around Mozambique and the ruling Frelimo party’s President Filipe Nyusi, is...

Following the 2023 municipal elections, Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has claimed to have won in 64 of the 65 municipalities that were at play on 11 October. However, the rigging...

U for Unity In a way, the previous alphabet is partly a descriptor of this. National unity, Frelimo’s mantra since its founding, has been seriously undermined under Nyusi’s terms of...

P for Plateau The new centre of national political power; the de facto and de jure power, considering the strong tribal ascendancy of Nyusi’s government over and above all else....

J for Journalism Heavily helped by journalists during Frelimo’s primary campaign, Nyusi showed a political appeal that few knew of or could have thought he had: simple, direct and pragmatic....

Mozambique Insights takes a closer look at Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi time at the helm of the country, by zooming on on various sectors and issues of concern. E for...