Tag Archives: mozambique

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 …

Mozambican authorities decided to pay tribute to former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, declaring five days of national mourning, a week after his death. The decision was taken on Wednesday night by the Council of Ministers which met in an extraordinary session. The mourning period started at midnight on …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The two leaders discussed the situation regarding the war as well as the impact it is having on food security, according to a tweet by Mr Zelensky. The …

Mozambican police arrested nine people suspected of being linked to the torture and live burial of seven suspected cattle rustlers in the Manhiça district near the capital, Maputo, the BBC reported. The provincial police spokesman, Juarce Martins, confirmed the deaths and arrests. The identity of the victims had not yet …

Five Somali nationals suspected of being members of a kidnapping and drug-trafficking network have been arrested in the Mozambican central city of Beira, police announced. The five, according to the police, had false documents including dozens of Mozambican and Kenyan identity cards, passports, as well as asylum application cards and …

A teenager with albinism was killed and dismembered in Mogovolas district, in Mozambique’s northern Nampula province, for his body parts, the BBC reported. Police say they have arrested the main suspect, who they say confessed to the murder. The detained suspect is the victim’s uncle, aged 22, according to the …

A 40-year-old man has escaped death after being attacked by wandering lion in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, local media reported. The victim suffered serious injuries and is currently receiving medical care in a hospital. According to a local administrator, the lion that attacked the man had escaped from …

Mozambique’s Tax Authorities (AT) seized luxury vehicles, alcohol and around 20,000 mobile phones smuggled into the country. Addressing a Maputo press conference on Monday, the AT’s director of customs operations, Gimo Jona, said the phones were contained in 250 disguised boxes. They were seized for lack of import documents, false …