Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday pledged that his government will not rest until the exact circumstances of the plane crash that killed the country's first President, Samora Machel ...

Mozambique: Twentieth Year Tribute to Samora Machel. 9 November 2006. Daily Trust (Abuja) column By Is'haq Modibbo Kawu. Four weeks ago, I wrote a piece on this page in remembrance of Thomas Sankara.

The Flame of National Unity travelled throughout Mozambique, passing from hand to hand, across all the provinces, until it reached the Machava Stadium in Maputo on Independence Day, 25 June.The ...

Mozambique President Samora Machel and 28 other people were killed Sunday when his plane crashed into a mountain in eastern South Africa during a thunderstorm.South African officials found the ...

Mozambican president Armando Guebuza has hailed the late Samora Machel as a hero for his role in leading the country to its independence. President Guebuza made the comment as he laid a foundation ...

The South African government is trying to solve one of the great mysteries of the apartheid era - the 1986 plane crash that killed President Samora Machel of Mozambique. He died when his aircraft hit ...

It is 50 years since Mozambique achieved its independence from Portugal. ... starting with the country’s first president, Samora Machel, didn’t enjoy any particular economic privileges.

Cuba joined the commemoration of 50 years of independence in Mozambique with a ceremony at the headquarters of the Cuban ...

With Graça Machel that would apply twice, first as the widow of Mozambique’s revolutionary first President, Samora Machel, then as the third wife of South African leader Nelson Mandela.

When he was sworn in as the president of Mozambique, Samora Machel was a widower as his wife, Josina, had died of leukaemia in 1971. In September of 1975, Graça married Samora Machel and became ...