The fading sound of the Mapiko drum
The families of three former Mozambican presidents appear to be backing the ruling Frelimo party's Secretary-General and presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo. Chapo emerged victorious in May 2024, in a battle ...
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Is Chapo his own man?
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 ...
Frelimo Central Committee thwarts Nyusi’s plans
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 ...
Frelimo fails to choose a presidential candidate
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 ...
Chissano and Guebuza not invited to decisive Central Committee?
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 ...
Comrades pressure on Nyusi on succession bears fruits
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 ...
Nyusi and the not-so subtle art of faits divers
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 ...
Nyusi contested
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 ...
“Jota” wants more of Nyusi
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 Jr to fire first salvo?
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 ...
