Jose Pacheco was named head of intelligence services on 17 June and was specifically told by President Daniel Chapo to deal with the Cabo Delgado insurgency. (O Pais 18 June) He is trusted and ...

A meeting in Maputo Thursday 10 July between TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne and President Daniel Chapo did not lead to agreement on restarting the giant gas project in Cabo Delgado. Chapo keeps ...

Frelimo has long been accused of rigging elections in the country of around 34 million. Protesters fill the street as police deploy in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

Mozambique's government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025. It is 50 years since independence, won after an anti ...

Frelimo was declared the winner with more than 70% of the vote in an election five years ago. The Pangea risk company, which provides security and investment advice on developing countries, ...

Frelimo has ruled Mozambique since independence from Portugal in 1975. It first allowed elections in 1994, and has since been consistently accused by opponents and election observers of rigging ...

For years, Frelimo, the party that has governed Mozambique since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975, has faced allegations of election rigging.

MAPUTO, March 2 (Reuters) - Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party early on Sunday picked Defence Minister Filipe Nyusi, a close ally of current two-term President Armando Guebuza, to be its candidate ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mozambique's security forces carried out a brutal, three-month crackdown on protesters after the country's election last year, a leading international rights group ...

Frelimo is now run entirely according to a patron-client system. At each level, people service those above them, demand obeisance from those below and collect money from whatever they are involved in.

This will be Mozambique’s first national election since independence without the threat of war hanging over the result. For much of the past five decades, Frelimo and Renamo, the main opposition ...