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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Chaos after SAMIM?
An International Relations specialist and lecturer at Mozambique’s public Joaquim Chissano University, Calton Cadeado, has argued that the exist of the Southern African Community Development Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) is ...
The loud silence surrounding the succession battle with Frelimo
Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party is in the midst of the most mysterious and secretive presidential succession battle since the advent of democracy. With Filipe Nyusi, Frelimo and Mozambique’s president, due ...
Goodbye SAMIM amid smoke and mirrors
Forces of the South African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), which alongside the Rwandan Defence Force (RDF) supports Mozambique’s war against an Islamist insurgency in the northern province ...
