MOZAMBIQUE declared three days of national mourning yesterday after an explosion at an arms depot in the capital Maputo killed nearly 100 people and injured hundreds more, many of them children.

At least 72 people have been confirmed dead following an explosion and fire at a weapons depot in Mozambique.

A fire and explosions at Mozambique’s national weapons depot today killed at least nine people.

Two people have been killed after a large fire at Mozambique's national weapons depot set off a series of explosions, witnesses said today.