Mozambique: Corruption trial for ex-Mozambican leader’s son set for August

Nineteen defendants including a former president's son linked to a massive debt scandal that plunged Mozambique into its worst financial crisis are to go on trial next month, according to a court document seen Wednesday. The scandal saw the government secretly take...

Mozambique confronted with a severe food crisis

More than 730,000 displaced people in conflict-ridden northern Mozambique could face a "hunger emergency" unless urgent funding is secured, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday.   Insurgents have been wreaking havoc in Cabo Delgado since 2017, with attacks...

Militancy: The murky link between DR Congo’s ADF and Islamic State

Its hallmark: Attack a remote village, massacre its inhabitants and abduct survivors.  Not for nothing has the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) become a name that inspires widespread dread in eastern DR Congo.  Suspicions are growing that this historically Ugandan...

Mozambique to get 1,000 Rwandan combat troops to confront militancy in Cabo Delgado

Rwanda said on Friday it will send 1,000 troops to Mozambique to help the country battle extremist militants wreaking havoc in the north of the gas-rich nation. The planned deployment comes on the heels of a similar decision last month by the 16 nations in the...

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