Rare interviews with captured members of a jihadist group terrorising northern Mozambique point to low morale in their ranks and to an insurgency that is losing steam in the face of Rwandan forces.

The leaders of Mozambique and Tanzania met Friday to discuss the Islamist insurgency that Maputo has called in regional forces to help suppress.

The death toll from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 77 on Thursday as emergency teams battled to repair damaged infrastructure and help tens of thousands of victims.

Tropical storm Ana has killed at least 34 people in Madagascar and three people in Mozambique, while knocking out power in Malawi, authorities in the three countries said Tuesday.

Bald men in Mozambique have been killed in ritual attacks because of a superstition – that their heads are full of gold

Just days before Christmas, a South African soldier was shot dead by insurgents in Mozambique – and SANDF will launch an investigation.

As many as 600 women and girls have been kidnapped by jihadists in Mozambique since 2018, according to a Human Rights Watch report.

Gold, rubies, garnets and tantalite – used to create surgical steel – have been smuggled out of northern and central Mozambique

More than 3 100 mainly African forces, led by a heavy Rwandan contingent, have deployed to northern Mozambique

British firm GL Africa Energy has invested in other energy projects in southern Africa, Africa’s Great Lakes region, and Mozambique

The European Union sent 1 100 soldiers to the country in September and officially kicked off their mission on Wednesday

Adriano Nuvunga, head of Mozambique’s Centre for Democracy and Development, warned of the “Iraqisation” of Cabo Delgado.

“The Republic of Mozambique welcomes the admission by Credit Suisse to regulators… of criminal wrongdoing,” the attorney general said

“We will make sure that Mozambique becomes a country where you will not spread violence,” said Cyril Ramaphosa

Four cheetahs will soon grace the wildlife-rich plains of Maputo Special Reserve in southern Mozambique for the first time since the 1960s.

The total size of the SADC deployment has not been revealed, but South Africa has the largest contingent of around 1 500

Mozambique’s insurgency has killed more than 3 300 people – half of them civilians – and displaced at least 800 000 from their homes.

There are South African boots on the ground in Mozambique, as SANDF begin a R1 billion mission to stop ISIS. Now, if someone could just pick up the tab…

Adjusted Level 4 lockdown travel restrictions to curb the surge of COVID-19 infections, does not stop South Africans from travelling to destinations outside of the country.

Armed groups plaguing parts of northern Mozambique for the past three-and-a-half years abducted dozens of children during raids in 2020.

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Amnesty International interviewed 11 people who survived an attack in Palma. They alleged the safety of white people were prioritised.

Another Maputo businessman has been kidnapped, reigniting the concerns about the city’s safety, that has made headlines in recent months.

SADC has sent an immediate ‘technical deployment’ to Mozambique to plan its further response to the Islamist terror attacks.

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Maputo on Thursday for a special SADC meeting regarding the recent Mozambique terror attacks.