The Republic of South Africa is considering once again closing the Lebombos border crossing with Mozambique at Ressano Garcia, in the Moamba district of Maputo province. The warning follows popular vandalizations last week that forced the border to be closed. The South African border management authority...
The president of the National Electoral Commission (CNE), Dom Carlos Matsinhe, received, last Friday (08), the last notices that were missing before being submitted to the Constitutional Council. These were notices from the province of Inhambane that had not yet been delivered. According to the newsletter of the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), which monitors the process...
Father Fernão Magalhães, of the Archdiocese of Nampula, who in last October's elections was head of the list of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) and candidate for governor of Nampula, died of unknown causes on Saturday (09). According to a publication on the local Ikweli portal, citing close sources, the cleric, who lived alone in the communal unit...
The Optimist People's Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) denounces the illegality and injustice of the Constitutional Council having ignored some phases of the complaint submitted by the party claiming its victory and that of its presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane. In a publication in the newspaper "O País", PODEMOS also guarantees that the demonstrations will continue until "there is...
The Association of Mozambican Writers (AEMO) deplores the escalation of post-election violence throughout the country, with the loss of citizens' lives. That's why, in a statement, they put forward some proposals to stop the violence that has characterized recent days. In a statement, AEMO deplores the climate of violence, which "has...
The President of the Republic (PR) Filipe Nyusi held talks today with Apostle Luís Fole, the owner of the church where independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane attends. "We exchanged views on the situation in the country," wrote Filipe Nyusi on his Facebook page. Mozambique is going through a critical post-election period that has already led to loss of life...
Officers from the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) in Nampula province are being harassed by strangers, spokeswoman Rosa Chaúque said yesterday. The strangers come to the officers' homes and subject them to physical attacks. At least nine officers have already been attacked. Three are currently receiving treatment at Nampula Central Hospital. From...
Mozambique is going through a critical post-election period that has already led to the loss of human lives and the looting of public and private property. The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) believes that the demonstrations reflect the position of the majority in relation to the results of the October 9 general elections announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). Due to the...
The presidential candidate of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Lutero Simango, defends the need to debate the causes and motivations of the demonstrations in Mozambique. The party reiterates its support for the demonstrations against the results announced on October 24 by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). For the MDM president, it is not enough just to...
Commercial establishments were raided and their business objects looted on Thursday afternoon, while demonstrations were taking place in the cities of Maputo and Matola, in Maputo province. In the city of Maputo, the case of a furniture store in the Shoprite shopping center was among several others. In the same center,...