Filipe Jacinto Nyusi

Defence Minister and Frelimo presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi belligerently defended the manoeuvres by claiming that the FADM should be able to exercise wherever and whenever it wanted...

That was one reason why Filipe Jacinto Nyusi who was born in Cabo Delgado was chosen as the presidential candidate of the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique for the October elections (AC Vol 55 No 5 Frelimo picks a candidate)...

Alberto Chipande reputedly Mozambique's most influential general and a key backer of Frelimo's presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi...

The meeting was to draw up the political platform on which Frelimo's presidential candidate Filipe Jacinto Nyusi will stand...

After more than a year of uncertainty and speculation the party in power has finally chosen the Defence Minister Filipe Jacinto Nyusi as its presidential candidate for the October election...

President Armando Guebuza's attempt to impose his shortlist – Agriculture Minister José Pacheco Defence Minister Filipe Nyusi and Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina – has failed...

The shortlist of Frelimo nominees for the candidacy are all seen as Guebuza yes-men: Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina and Defence Minister Filipe Nyusi...

But Maputo's relationship with Beijing is evolving beyond politics and economics: Defence Minister Filipe Nyussi was in Beijing in May to sign agreements on military cooperation and $3 mn...