Dozens of members of the Mozambican Armed and Defense Forces were deployed on Thursday night to remove barricades on public roads, following the "relaxation" of demonstrations in the city of Maputo. All over the city, there was evidence of the escalation of the post-election demonstrations, which led to violent protests. Remains of various objects...
The Association of the Mozambican Community in Texas, USA, has already sent a note of repudiation against the violent demonstrations in Mozambique, said President Glória Sumbana. "Demonstration is a right, but when it becomes violent and we start to see loss of human life and property, the situation becomes worrying. Our position is not to...
The independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, reaffirmed today that the demonstrations against electoral fraud in Mozambique will not stop until the truth of the polls is restored. "This will only end when the electoral truth is restored, when the will of the people is restored," he said. According to Mondlane, the truth of the polls or respect for the decisions of the majority...
A total of 2,700 people arrested as part of the demonstrations against electoral fraud have been released from custody thanks to the intervention of the Mozambican Bar Association (OAM). Carlos Martins, the President of the OAM, explained that most of the citizens had been detained without proceedings having been opened against them and others had not...
The Mozambican military or the intervention police could carry out a coup d'état as part of the demonstrations underway in Mozambique, according to Fernando Jorge Cardoso. These armed groups could come to the conclusion of "asking Mr. Nyusi to step down, take power and announce whatever they want to announce," predicts the expert...
Military personnel from the Armed Forces and Defense of Mozambique (FADM) and officers from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) lowered the barrels of their guns at some of the entry points to Maputo city and let the demonstrators continue towards the center of the capital. The gesture was recorded in videos we had access to, in the neighborhood...
Officers from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), some in plain clothes, entered some neighborhoods in Maputo city this morning, where they fired lethal bullets at people. Two deaths and one gunshot victim have already been recorded. A video shows the police in the Alto Maé neighborhood "shooting to kill" in what...
The Constitutional Council (CC) has decided that it will analyze appeals by the Podemos and Renamo parties against requests for a general recount of votes, announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on October 24. In separate appeals, the parties informed the CC of the occurrence of various electoral irregularities that may have culminated in electoral fraud....
The Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) says that all the conditions are in place for the country to experience a bloodbath tomorrow, the final day of the third phase of the demonstrations. "There are all the conditions for a bloodbath tomorrow. And we, as a society, must not allow that. We believe that the time has come...
A group of Mozambican citizens living in the German capital will protest in the streets of Berlin today, asking for clarification from the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on the election results released on October 9. The protests, led by the secretary of the PODEMOS party in Germany, Ermane Belém, will pass by the Federal Chancellery and end in front of...