Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo.
Some of the key events about Mozambique
- 1498Portuguese colonization of Mozambique began, leading to centuries of exploitation
- 1884The Berlin Conference formalized European colonization of Africa, including Mozambique
- 1964The Mozambican War of Independence started, resulting in a decade of conflict
- 1975Mozambique gained independence from Portuguese colonial rule
- 1975A mass exodus of skilled workers occurred following independence, destabilizing the economy
- 1977The Mozambican Civil War began, lasting 15 years and causing widespread devastation
- 1984Mozambique suffered a severe famine, affecting millions of people
- 1987The country's economy collapsed, leading to the adoption of IMF-mandated structural adjustment programs
- 1992A peace agreement ended the Mozambican Civil War
- 1994The country held its first multi-party democratic elections
- 2000Catastrophic flooding affected large parts of the country, displacing hundreds of thousands
- 2002Mozambique's economy began a period of significant growth
- 2002A severe drought hit Mozambique, causing food shortages for millions
- 2004The country joined the African Union
- 2007The Zambezi Bridge, Africa's longest suspension bridge at the time, was opened
- 2010Mozambique became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
- 2011Large natural gas reserves were discovered off the coast of Mozambique
- 2015The country was declared free of land mines, a legacy of its civil war
- 2019Mozambique hosted the African Games for the first time
- 2019Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique, causing widespread destruction and hundreds of deaths
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