Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi dismissed four senior ministers on Tuesday evening, in a much-anticipated reshuffle following ruling party Frelimo’s Congress in October – leaving the foreign ministry and the energy ministry, among others, temporarily leaderless. While a ministerial reshuffle after the political congress is common – and a political consolidation of key political positions was…...

Former minister of mineral resources and energy, Leticia Klemens, at a Frelimo Central Committee meeting in July 2017. Photo © Alexandre Nhampossa / Zitamar News