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A lion on the loose is causing fear among residents of an area in Massingir district of southern Mozambique, local media reported. The animal, which has been moving around since last week in Massingir and neighbouring Mabalane district, is thought to have escaped from the Limpopo National Park. The lion …

Mozambican security forces announced the death of 16 jihadists and the arrest of four jihadists involved in the recruitment and radicalization of people. Police commander Bernardino Rafael said some of the jihadists died from gunshot wounds during confrontations with the authorities, while others were attacked by wild animals – mainly …

Zimbabwe is one of the African countries wishing to strengthen their cooperation with Russia in a context marked by the war in Ukraine. While the country is suffering economically because of the sanctions imposed by the United States, Emmerson Mnangagwa is looking for other alternatives for cooperation. Zimbabwe wants to …

European Union said on Thursday it would provide additional support to an African military mission in Mozambique, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the bloc’s reliance on Russian energy, Reuters reported. The EU is hunting alternative sources of energy since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and Mozambique has …

Five youths posing as jihadists set fire to 13 houses in a village in the jihadist-hit northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, the BBC reported. The young men pretended to be jihadists so as to steal from locals, the authorities said. “One of the men was identified and seized by …

Mozambique has banned people from filming accident or disaster scenes before calling in the emergency authorities to provide assistance, the BBC reported. The move is aimed at changing the attitudes of citizens who only take photos of accidents or other emergency situations and publish them on social media. The measure …

A herd of about 50 elephants said to have escaped from a conservation area in Zimbabwe have reportedly entered residential areas and destroyed food crops in neighbouring Mozambique, the BBC reported. A Mozambican official said that the elephants had crossed into Machaze district in the central Mozambican province of Manica …

A father who wanted to sell his three albino children to have their bodies used in witchcraft has been arrested in northwest Mozambique before the deal was finalized, police said on Monday. Police in the Tete region arrested the father and uncle of the three children last weekend, after being …

A Mozambican court sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison for kidnapping two minors for ransom in the central city of Beira, the BBC reported. The 37-year-old woman is also required to pay $3,100 (£2,580) in compensation to the children’s families. The court heard that the woman kidnapped a …

Elephants have killed five people in a surprise attack on farmers who were harvesting their crop in a village in Macomia district in northern Cabo Delgado province. The victims include two children and a woman. Others who managed to escape the elephant attacks returned later to find the crushed bodies …