The Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS), which supports the presidential candidacy of Venâncio Mondlane, accuses the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) of fatally shooting 64 people in the northern province of Nampula during demonstrations that have been taking place since October 21. Speaking yesterday, Thursday (19), the...
Category: Special Elections
CNE owes more than two billion meticais to Laxton/Artes Gráficas. State risks interest of 12% per year
The National Electoral Commission (CNE) owes just over two billion meticais to the Laxton/Artes Gráficas consortium for material supplied for the 2023 local elections and this year's general elections. According to the electoral bulletin of the Center for Public Integrity, on December 3 Laxton/Artes Gráficas issued a note to the...
Demonstrations are windows of opportunity for institutional reforms
The post-election demonstrations are a window of opportunity for Mozambique to embark on a path of institutional, economic and public policy reforms, argues economist Egas Daniel. "I see opportunities at least for reforms. Because we know that what is fueling the protests is the need for economic and institutional reforms," he said in an interview with...
Nyusi's démarches have been sterile, according to Albano Carige
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, has been meeting with various sectors of society to seek solutions to end the post-election demonstrations in Mozambique. For Carige, Nyusi's deadline for presenting results is utopian. In the meantime, these meetings follow an initial attempt to reach a successful conclusion with party leaders...
Artists call for dialog to stop post-election protests
The L.U.T.O. por Moz Movement brought together dozens of artists this Saturday on Avenida 10 de Novembro, in the downtown area of Maputo, to call for dialogue with a view to ending the post-election protests through various artistic demonstrations. The artists believe that the parties involved in the demonstrations should find points of compromise....
Ressano Garcia: Young man shot more than six times on his way back from "Shottas" funeral
Police officers from the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) fired lethal bullets and tear gas today at family members and friends of the late blogger Albino "Shottas" Sibia, as they returned from their "last goodbye" at the Ressano Garcia cemetery. At the time, a trailer truck had already blocked the passage of other vehicles and goods in both directions...
UK advises against travel to Mozambique from Monday
The United Kingdom is advising British citizens to travel to Mozambique in view of the escalation of post-election protests starting next Monday and in the weeks following the announcement of the results of the general elections on October 9. But it also warns those already here to take precautionary measures. An update from Foreign...
Ressano Garcia: Young man murdered while live-streaming. C. Mesquita's trucks should pass! CDD to sue the state
Albino José Sibia, better known as "Shottas", 30, was murdered on Sunday in the village of Ressano Garcia, Maputo province, by an agent from the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR). On that day, the trucks of the Carlos Mesquita Transportation group were due to pass through. The young man was shot in the back while he was broadcasting live...
Podemos says it's a CC trap to question Venâncio Mondlane's separate appeal
The Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique believes that the Constitutional Council (CC) held Wednesday's meeting to throw banana peels at the party and find turning points. One of the situations, according to Dinis Tivane, was when the President of the CC, Lúcia Ribeiro, said she had not received any appeal about the presidential candidacy...
CC won't bring the electoral truth, according to Dinis Tivane
The representative of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS), Dinis Tivane, said today in Maputo that the work of the Constitutional Council (CC) will not bring electoral truth. "There will be no electoral truth based on what the CC is doing. It's a real joke, a waste of our sweat, of our taxes......