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IS-linked militants 'chased' from Mozambique town of Palma: president
President Filipe Nyusi - speaking on the eve of a regional summit on the crisis - said his government had made requests for help. He did not give details.
President Filipe Nyusi said the region was "deep into the second wave of the pandemic" and urged members to step up efforts to curb outbreaks.
Nyusi's ruling Frelimo party was hit in 2016 when it emerged that the government had secretly borrowed $2 billion (1.8 billion euros).
The loans were acquired at a time when Nyusi was defence minister and preparing to run in presidential elections in 2014, but were not disclosed until 2016.
It was hoped the election could set the seal on a fragile peace pact, designed to put a definitive end to four decades of violence between Frelimo and Renamo.
Nyusi of the ruling Frelimo party scored 73% of the vote, ahead of Ossufo Momade of the rebel group turned opposition party Renamo with almost 22%, election commission chairman Abdul Carimo said at a press briefing.
Based on data from almost 2,500 polling stations out of a total of more than 20,000, the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) estimates Nyusi will win 70.9% of the vote.
With around 39% of the votes counted from roughly 13 million registered voters, Nyusi has taken a lead securing 68.85%, while his main competitor Osuffo Momade of the Renamo party has racked up 26.20% of the vote so far.
President Filipe Nyusi's Frelimo party is widely expected to win the polls held on Tuesday.
That's the message President Filipe Nyusi has repeated at every opportunity as he campaigned ahead of the country's general election on Tuesday.
Mozambique has been battling to recover from a debt crisis after admitting in 2016 to $1.4 billion of previously undisclosed lending, prompting the IMF to cut off support and triggering a currency collapse and debt default.
The signing took place in the Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, nearly 27 years after the end of the southern African country's first civil war.
Renamo and President Filipe Nyusi’s ruling party fought on opposing sides of the 16-year conflict that killed an estimated 1 million people before a peace accord ended the fighting in 1992.
There are concerns about relations between the two countries following the arrest of Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang at OR Tambo International last month.
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi says he tried to fly Afonso Dhlakama for emergency medical treatment when heard the 65-year-old had suffered a heart attack.
Energy is a key portfolio in Mozambique, which has vast untapped offshore gas reserves that are being developed by oil majors such as Italy’s Eni.
Filipe Nyusi, 57, an engineer, has been in power since 2014 when he was picked by Frelimo party to succeed Armando Guebuza.
The elections are expected to return the ruling Frelimo party to power.