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Human Rights Watch reports that at least 34 people have been killed and at least 66 others have been injured in the past three weeks in police crackdowns of violent protests following the Mozambican presidential election. Mozambican police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in the capital city Maputo, with the Army later deployed to end the protests.
2024-11-8

Six people are killed and three others are kidnapped as Islamists insurgents raid the districts of Erati and Memba, Mozambique, torching dozens of houses. Six attackers are arrested.
2022-09-6

Mozambique confirms its first polio case in 30 years in the northwestern province of Tete.
2022-05-18

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejects talks with the leadership of the Tigray People's Liberation Front but says he is willing to talk to representatives "operating legally". The meeting with African Union (AU) representatives Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa, comes after his announcement of a "final phase" of an offensive on the region's capital Mekelle.
2020-11-27

The death toll in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique has risen to 38, as aid workers struggle to reach the worst-affected areas. Seven people were also killed by the cyclone in Comoros.
2019-04-29

Cyclone Dineo kills seven and destroys twenty-thousand homes in Mozambique.
2017-02-17

The last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique are revealed to have been killed by poachers.
2013-05-2

Death of Mido Macia: Eight South African policemen are arrested on suspicion of murder after dragging a Mozambican man behind their police van earlier in the week.
2013-03-1

The Indian Navy captures 61 pirates on a Mozambiquan fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea.
2011-03-14

Mozambique announces it will reverse a rise in the price of bread that led to riots last week.
2010-09-7