Stories from Mozambique

Mozambique is negotiating to exchange its US dollar-denominated debt for Chinese yuan to alleviate financial pressure. This move indicates a growing role for the Yuan in international finance and debt restructuring.

The managing director of the Mozambican subsidiary of TotalEnergies stated the company has no knowledge of the incidents described in a recent investigation. The investigation detailed a container massacre where men were beaten with rifle butts and tortured.

The president of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique, Dom Inácio Saure, accused terrorists of spreading hate messages against Christians. This statement follows an attack on a Catholic mission that occurred on April 30.

An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked the village of Meza in northern Mozambique. The attackers set fire to a church, a house belonging to the Scolopi fathers, and a local nursery.

A church belonging to the Piarist order was razed to the ground in Mozambique. Sister Laura Malnati, the provincial of the Comboni missionary sisters in the African nation, provided details on the event. The report was shared by Radio Radicale.

European soldiers are training and supporting Mozambican armed forces through the European Union. The number of people who have left their homes in Mozambique recently exceeded one million. Thousands of people have also lost their lives in the country, according to the report.