Mozambique Joins Commonwealth

Date: November 13, 1995 • Location: Nhamatanda District, Mozambique

Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country 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 south and southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte, and Madagascar through the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo.