Filipe nyusi
Mozambique president says gas wealth to benefit all
Nyusi's ruling Frelimo party was hit in 2016 when it emerged that the government had secretly borrowed $2 billion (1.8 billion euros).
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Mozambique opposition calls on leader to quit over debt storm
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.
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Mozambique's main opposition party appeals election result
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.
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Mozambique's Nyusi re-elected in disputed presidential poll: commission
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.
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Mozambique's president victorious in election - observer group
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.
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Mozambique's Nyusi takes election lead, opposition cries foul
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.
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Tensions rise in Mozambique as vote counting under way
President Filipe Nyusi's Frelimo party is widely expected to win the polls held on Tuesday.
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Mozambique leader campaigns on gas riches, but will poor benefit?
That's the message President Filipe Nyusi has repeated at every opportunity as he campaigned ahead of the country's general election on Tuesday.
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Mozambique president says 'encouraging progress' in IMF talks
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.
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Mozambique govt, opposition Renamo sign historic peace pact
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.
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Mozambique government, opposition to sign formal peace treaty - president
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.
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Ramaphosa on working visit to Mozambique
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.
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President Nyusi wants to continue peace process after Dhlakama’s death
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.
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Mozambique president sacks energy and foreign ministers
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.
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Mozambique's President Nyusi to run for re-election, promises peace
Filipe Nyusi, 57, an engineer, has been in power since 2014 when he was picked by Frelimo party to succeed Armando Guebuza.
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Mozambicans vote with hopes for resource boom
The elections are expected to return the ruling Frelimo party to power.
