Mozambique

The Vatican expressed “serious concerns” Thursday about problems implementing a US-brokered deal between Israel and Lebanon, following a meeting between Pope Leo XIV and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. During a private, 30-minute audience at the Vatican, Aoun had urged the pontiff to support Beirut’s push to secure the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon…

A prominent Mozambican NGO, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Wednesday challenged the decision by the country’s Central Office for the Fight against Corruption (GCCC) to close an investigation into alleged irregularities in aircraft acquisitions by employees of the publicly-owned company Air Mozambique (formerly known as Mozambique Airlines, LAM). Last February...

Chamber says a ready pipeline of private, development-finance-backed investments can deliver President Chapo’s vision of “transforming gas into industry, into income and real opportunities for Mozambicans” Maputo, 17 August 2026 — As South Africa formally assumes the Chairpersonship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the 46th Summit in Durban, the South Afri...

Instead of celebrating her son’s birthday this month, Zimbabwean mother Rodwin Chitewere spent the day praying for his body to be brought home from Russia, where he was reportedly killed fighting Moscow’s war against Ukraine. In Botswana and South Africa, too, women are desperate for sons and husbands to return from a conflict many say…

Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano says Mozambique needs to develop a genuine “culture of non-corruption” to tackle a phenomenon that, in his view, is deeply rooted in society and cannot be fought solely through legal proceedings or administrative measures. Chissano’s remarks come at a time when the country is closely following the scandal involving the…