The Latest Breaking News from Mozambique

The highest court in Mozambique, the Constitutional Council, confirmed the disputed October election results that extended the Frelimo party's 50-year grip on power.

Country’s top electoral court confirms ruling Frelimo party’s win, raising fears as opposition promises more protests.

Cyclone Chido was an “intense tropical cyclone”, equivalent to a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic. It made landfall in Mayotte, a small island lying to the north-west of Madagascar on December 14, generating wind gusts approaching 155mph (250km/hr). Later on, it hit Mozambique, East Africa with the same ferocity.

At least 66 of the deaths occurred in the northern Cabo Delgado province, national disaster centre says.

Cyclone Chido has claimed at least 34 lives and caused widespread destruction across Mozambique, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management confirmed on Tuesday. The powerful storm, which made landfall earlier this week, has left thousands displaced and severely damaged infrastructure, including homes and roads.

Officials fear hundreds of people could be dead as a result of the cyclone, which ravaged France’s poorest department.

Hundreds – if not thousands – are feared dead in Indian Ocean territory

Cyclone Chido devastates Mayotte and Mozambique, highlighting urgent need for humanitarian aid and climate change mitigation.

Witnesses tell of ‘apocalyptic scenes’ after worst storm to hit the Indian Ocean territory in almost a century