Can Chapo turn promise into meaningful change?
The closing of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party’s 11th National Cadres Conference in Chimoio, central Mozambique, was choreographed to convey the picture of a party willing to break up with the ...
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Head of Secret Service dies
The head of Mozambique’s Intelligence and Security Service (SISE), Bernardo Lidimba, died in a car accident on Saturday afternoon, according to the country’s Interior Minister, Pascoal Ronda. Ronda said that ...
The raging battle for the soul of Mozambique
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi finally broke up his silence and joined a chorus of dignitaries and institutions condemning the gunning down on Saturday by unknown assailants of Elvino Dias and ...
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 ...
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 delivers Maputo to opposition
The sixth Mozambican municipal elections are likely to change the geography of political power in the municipalities of the Great Maputo (Maputo, Matola and Marracuene), with Renamo, the main opposition ...
Nyusi Sucession Saga II
The succession within the ruling Frelimo party is still an unknown. President Filipe Nyusi and Frelimo’s Secretary-General, Roque Silva, seem to have cemented their hold and power over the party. ...
Congratulations!
Mozambique Insights wishes to congratulate its Editor-in-Chief, Luís Nhachote, who on Tuesday evening launched his first book “Phambeni, Cartas ao Presidente Chissano”, which translates as Letters to President Chissano. The ...
Mozambican citizens establish an Israeli Apartheid free zone
Days after Mozambique’s government granted Israel nationals visa waivers, a group of Mozambican citizens decided to establish an Israeli Apartheid free zone, first of its kind in the country. The ...
