What does Mondlane’s trial mean for Mozambique?
The opposition politician faces five charges over protests that followed the disputed 2024 election.

The opposition politician faces five charges over protests that followed the disputed 2024 election.


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The violence prompted 300 Mozambicans to return home over the weekend.
Powerful storm batters Mozambique’s Inhambane a day after killing at least 41 people in Madagascar.
Gezani is forecast to return to cyclone status when it strikes southern Mozambique on Friday evening.
Gezani hit just 11 days after Cyclone Fytia killed 12 people, destroying 18,600 houses and 20 health facilities.
More than 150 people have been killed and some 800,000 affected in the southern and central provinces of Mozambique.

A pregnant woman says she was forced to give birth during deadly flooding in Mozambique.
Operations were paused indefinitely in 2021 due to escalating violence in the region.

Flooding in southern Mozambique has forced thousands of families to flee to informal displacement camps.
Covering extreme drought and massive flooding in a matter of weeks shows one reporter the toll of the climate crisis.

Deadly floodings across southern Africa has submerged roads, homes and schools, forcing evacuations.