“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 ...
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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 ...
Frelimo in crisis ahead of its Central Committee meeting
A lawyer and member of the ruling Frelimo party Central Committee, Teodoro Waty, has denounced what he calls a climate of fear, heightened tension and of spying among party members ...
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 ...
The veterans’ criterion in the succession debate
The Secretary-General of Mozambique’s Association of Veterans of the National Liberation Struggle (ACLLN), Fernando Faustino, has acknowledged that the succession process in the ruling Frelimo party is quite complex, but ...
Frelimo Central Committee dodges succession question
The Political Commission of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has begun circulating the agenda for its Central Committee meeting, which will be held in Maputo on 5-6 April. However, absent from ...
Is Nyusi out of step with the military old guard?
Mozambican war veterans seem to have had enough of President Filipe Nyusi, according to an article published Tuesday’s edition of the weekly Evidências. With the headline “Generals and the Nyusi ...
Renamo in the crosshairs of the law
A Maputo City District Court has weighed in into a political dispute pitting the chairperson of Mozambique’s opposition Renamo, Ossufo Momade, and member of parliament, Venâncio Mondlane, who until recently ...
Frelimo needs to rethink leadership selection
Mozambique’s Frelimo ruling party will hold its Central Committee meeting on 5-6 April, according to party spokesperson, Ludmila Maguni. Speaking after a party’s Political Commission meeting, Maguni said that the ...
The irony of the fall of Quissanga
The Islamist insurgency raging in the northern Mozambican Cabo Delgado province on Thursday attacked and took over the coastal town of Quissanga, according to confirmed reports. The insurgents met little ...
