US to slash nearly half its aid to Mozambique, memo reveals

The United States government is set to cut more than $172m worth of aid contracts in Mozambique, including life-saving health and food security projects, according to a memo sent by the administration to the US Congress and seen by Zitamar News. These cuts …

Mozambique: Authorities seize 750 tonnes of flourite

The Mozambican authorities today announced the seizure, in the centre of the country, of 750 tonnes of fluorite ore that is presumed to have been illegally mined in the central provinces of Sofala, Manica and Tete. In a press release, the Ministry of …

Mozambique government muzzles protestors

Regenerative agriculture for sustainable livelihoods promotion project for Mozambique launched

The Promoting Regenerative Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods (PRASL) project, which will see €1.5-million invested over three years to support 4 000 smallholder farmers, has been launched in Mozambique. The project is focused on empowering women and …

Rights group publishes report on human rights violations in Mozambique amid post-election crackdown

Amnesty International released an extensive report on Wednesday denouncing human rights violations in Mozambique following the 2024 elections. In the report, Amnesty International evaluated human rights abuses committed by Mozambican security forces during …

At least 300 people killed during the post-election violence in Mozambique

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 said Wednesday, citing local activists who alleged that more than 300 people were …

Class struggle on the streets of Mozambique

Four months of demonstrations and blocking main roads in the south of Mozambique and an eight-year-old, ongoing civil war in the north are marks of an intensifying class struggle. Protests were triggered by a totally fraudulent election in October 2024, …

Hope Demands Action, “more than a vague feeling”: Catholic Archbishop in Mozambique Cautions against Despair

He expressed his awareness of the challenges many families in Mozambique face, such as unemployment, illness, loneliness, misunderstandings in families and among members of Christian communities. He said, “Sometimes even within the Christian community we …

Amnesty urges probe of 'reckless' Mozambique crackdown on protests

People shout slogans and protest during the funeral and burial of Elvino Dias, the lawyer for the presidential candidate of the opposition Party Optimist for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) Venancio Mondlane, at a church in Michafutene, near Maputo …

Human Rights Violations During Mozambique’s Post-2024 Election Crackdown

Amnesty International’s Digital Verification Corps and Crisis Evidence Lab verified 105 videos and photos that showed evidence of the use of lethal and less lethal weapons by security forces in the context of the protests. The images show, and eyewitnesses …