January 14 – COVID-19 pandemic: The government tightens health restrictions as new cases rise to 422 per day. Two hundred five people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.[1]
February 8 – The government conservation department and conservation groups announce the successful reintroduction into the wild of two male and two female spotted hyenas in Zinave National Park for the first time in forty years.[3]
March 27 – A British expatriate is reported killed in an attack by jihadists on Palma, according to The Daily Telegraph. Dozens of expatriates are reported killed, and there are reports of beheadings of children as young as eleven years old.[5]
March 31 – More than 5,300 displaced persons seek refuge in Cabo Delgado Province after ISIS attacks in Palma. Forty-five people flee to Tanzania.[6]