16 April – Eight members of the same family are killed after their boat sinks along a tributary of the Zambezi River in Sofala Province. Two people are rescued, while two others remain missing.[2]
8 August – A court in the United States convicts former finance minister Manuel Chang of plunder involving the acceptance of bribes through US banks for approving secret loans from 2002 to 2015 in what became known as the "Tuna bonds" scandal" that left the Mozambican government with $2 billion in debt.[4]
October
3 October –Environmental activist Anabela Lemos becomes the first Mozambican to receive the Right Livelihood Award for her role in mobilising communities against "exploitative mega-projects" as director of the organisation Justiça Ambiental!.[5]
18 October – Two members of the opposition PODEMOS party are shot and killed in their car by unidentified attackers in Maputo. The victims are Paulo Guambe, the party's spokesperson, and lawyer Elvino Dias.[7]
