Politics

On Sunday evening, the Central Committee of Mozambique’s Frelimo ruling party elected Daniel Chapo as the party’s candidate during the 9 October 2024 presidential election. Initially billed as a one-day...

For the second consecutive day, the Central Committee of Mozambique’s Frelimo ruling party has thwarted the wishes of the party and country president, Filipe Nyusi. Nyusi is set to step...

The Mozambican Frelimo ruling party has been unable to choose its flag bearer for the October 2024 presidential elections. The current president, Filipe Nyusi, is set to step down in...

Formers Mozambican and the ruling Frelimo party presidents, Joaquim Chissano and Armando Guebuza, have not been formally invited to Friday’s Central Committee decisive meeting, party insiders told Mozambique Insights. Frelimo...

Formers Mozambican presidents Armando Guebuza and Joaquim Chissano have demanded that the ruling Frelimo party’s Central Committee meeting should end on Saturday with President Filipe Nyusi’s successor already known. Barring...

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday urged the country to reflect on the country’s electoral system, saying that it is costly. Nyusi was speaking at the opening of the national...

The chairperson of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party, Filipe Nyusi, faced an open challenge to address a pressing concern for both the party and the nation: the inclusion of plans for...

Venâncio Mondlane, head of list and the candidate for Mayor of Maputo in last year’s municipal elections, and member of parliament for Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo, has said that...

The secretary-general of the Mozambican Youth Organisation (OJM), the youth league of the ruling Frelimo party, Silva Livone, in a statement seemingly devoid of irony, called for a successor to...

Samora Machel Jr (“Samito”), son of Mozambique’s first president, Samora Machel, is said to have decided to throw his hat in the ring of would-be flagbearers for the ruling Frelimo...