Maputo

Mozambique’s new president takes office as opposition threatens nationwide protests over contested October election results. President Chapo took the oath of office in Maputo today amid rising tensions, extending his Frelimo party’s five-decade rule of the gas-rich nation. Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has rejected the election results and vowed to “paralyse” the government with daily […]

Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has called for three more days of protests in Mozambique after declining to attend peace talks with President Filipe Nyusi, intensifying the country’s post-election crisis. Streets in the capital Maputo were transformed into impromptu parking lots on Wednesday as protesters heeded Mondlane’s call to block main roads with their vehicles. Public […]