Mozambique's extremist rebels kill aid worker in north
Extremist rebels in Mozambiqueโs northern Cabo Delgado province have killed a worker for the international charity Doctors Without Borders, shortly after a former vice president of the organization was asked to produce a report into the humanitarian situation in the conflict-hit region.
Tesla inks deal to get key battery component outside China
Tesla is turning to Mozambique for a key component in its electric car batteries in what analysts believe is a first-of-its-kind deal designed to reduce its dependence on China for graphite.
Rwandan, Mozambican forces retake port from insurgents
A joint force of Mozambican and Rwandan troops has regained control of a strategic port from Islamic extremists who held the town in northern Mozambique for a year, the countriesโ defense ministries have announced.
Virus infections surging in Africa's vulnerable rural areas
A new surge of the coronavirus is finally penetrating Africaโs rural areas, where most people on the continent live, spreading to areas that once had been seen as safe havens from infections that hit cities particularly hard.
Southern African leaders concerned by Mozambique's rebels
Five southern African leaders expressed their concern at the extremist violence in northern Mozambique and said they will consider โa proportionate regional responseโ at another summit in three weeks.
5 die in stampede to view body of Tanzania's Magufuli
Members of the military carry the body of former president John Magufuli to lie in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. Tens of thousands of Tanzanians came out to view Magufuli's body at Uhuru Stadium in the country's largest city, Dar es Salaam, over the weekend. Suzan Mtua, 30, died with four school-age children from the same family when there was a stampede of people wanting to view the body Sunday, Heri Mtua, a family spokesman, said. โThe children had demanded they also attend the funeral of President Magufuli,โ he said. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was Magufuli's vice president and succeeded him, was joined by nine African heads of state on Monday for Magufuli's state funeral.
Mozambique accused of abuses in its fight against extremists
In their battle against the extremists the Mozambican military and police are committing human rights abuses, charges the Amnesty report. Mozambique's extremists have allied themselves with the Islamic State group, taking the name Islamic State Central African Province. In the videos studied by Amnesty, the soldiers speak Portuguese and Shangaan, a language from southern Mozambique. Government troops lost control of Mocmboa da Praia around August 11, after intense fighting in and around the town and port. The government has since been reportedly gathering troops in the nearest towns of Mueda and Palma, viewed as preparation for an offensive to retake Mocmboa da Praia.