The Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) took to the streets today to march in repudiation of the waves of violence resulting from the demonstrations. There have already been 108 shootings and 16 deaths. "On behalf of all health professionals, we want to say enough with the shootings and violence, and that we can unite to save ourselves and get the country out of this...
The Povo Optimista para o Desenvolvimento de Moçambique (PODEMOS) party, which supports the presidential candidacy of Venâncio António Bila Mondlane, submitted a complaint to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) yesterday (Monday 04) against unknown persons and suspects in connection with the alleged falsification of notices and minutes of the partial tabulation of election results by the District Electoral Commissions....
Mozambique is going through a tense post-election period following the announcement of the centralized results by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) on 24 October. In fact, beforehand there were demonstrations against the partial results announced by the district and provincial commissions. After the announcement by the CNE, the demonstrations intensified. The allegations are that the results are fraudulent,...
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) is looking for evidence of the presence of Rwandan troops in the Mozambican capital, according to Adriano Nuvunga. According to the NGO's Director General, however, there is still no data to legitimize these suspicions, despite the fact that images have already been circulated that attest to popular distrust. Such "evidence" illustrates: military personnel at an airport in the area...
In a message published on the social network X, the Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, said he had spoken on the phone with the head of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) Laura Ballarín Cereza about the protests against the election results in Mozambique. "We agree on the need for accountability, respect for the rule of law, transparency and...
The opposition parties, Renamo, Podemos and Nova Democracia, in the city of Quelimane, Zambézia, united and marched through the streets of the city this afternoon in repudiation of the election results announced by the National Electoral Commission. Raising flags of the political parties and the country and placards, the hundreds of marchers, most of them on foot...
The demonstrations were quite violent in Mecuburi. As a result, one person was shot dead by the police when the demonstrators went to vandalize the headquarters of the Frelimo party. The PODEMOS supporters smashed all the windows of the party headquarters and destroyed some of the equipment that was there, such as computers, propaganda material and food products. A...
The demonstrations surrounding the general elections continue to cause grief in Mozambican families. And on the third of eight days of marching, the province of Nampula seems to be experiencing the most dramatic scenario. According to the electoral bulletin of the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), the Police of the Republic of Mozambique killed three demonstrators, two in...
The Optimistic People for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos) party announced today that it will hold a march-type demonstration tomorrow in repudiation of the centralized results of the October 9 elections, announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). A note from the party to which we have had access states that it will include the...
Analysts do not rule out the possibility that the independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, will suffer attacks on his physical integrity on his return to Mozambique. Portuguese academic Fernando Cardoso, quoted by DW, and Mozambican social activist Wilker Dias, quoted by VOA, are unanimous in considering the possibility that there are people interested in annihilating...