Category: Special Elections

Agente da polícia violada sexualmente por manifestantes em Murrupula
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Police officer sexually assaulted by protesters in Murrupula

The reports of the results of the demonstration that took place last Thursday night (30) in the district of Murrupula, Nampula province, that are reaching us are heaven-sent. After the looting and destruction of public and private property that we reported on, reports are now coming in that the demonstrators chased off officers from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique...

Conselho Constitucional rejeita 95% dos contenciosos eleitorais por falta de provas
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Constitutional Council rejects 95% of electoral disputes for lack of evidence

The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law, has dismissed around 95 percent of the electoral challenges and infractions presented to the district courts by the opposition parties, in the context of the presidential, legislative and provincial elections held on October 9. According to the spokesman for the Supreme Court,...

Venâncio Mondlane acusa Frelimo de utilizar instituições do Estado para legitimar “burlas”
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Venâncio Mondlane accuses Frelimo of using state institutions to legitimize "scams"

This Saturday, presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane accused the Frelimo party of using its influence over state institutions to its advantage in order to "legitimize scams". In a live broadcast, he criticized the fact that the Ministry of Constitutional and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior have not issued any opinion on...

Quatro sedes do partido Frelimo queimadas e dois mortos
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Four Frelimo party headquarters burned and two killed

The first of the seven days of demonstrations was quite violent, especially in the neighborhoods of Maxaquene, Luís Cabral, 25 de Junho and Hulene, all in the city of Maputo. The result was the vandalizing and burning of Frelimo party headquarters in the Maxaquene district. In the district of Gilé, in Zambézia, a Frelimo headquarters, a statue...

Polícia baleia mais de seis cidadãos em Nacala-Porto
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Police shoot more than six citizens in Nacala-Porto

In Nacala-Porto, in Nampula province, the police shot six citizens, five in the following places: Endrissa market, Nacala General Hospital, in the Paraíso 2 area, in Lili2, commonly known as Feira Nova, in the Mathapue neighborhood. Two of the people shot are in the Nacala-Porto District Hospital. In response, the demonstrators threw stones, burned tires...

Polícias em blindados sinalizam legitimação das manifestações e deixam população marchar
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Armored police signal legitimization of demonstrations and let people march

Police officers from the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in armored vehicles demonstrated how to avoid skirmishes during protest marches. In yesterday's case, those deployed to repel the marches in the Patrice Lumumba neighborhood, in the city of Matola, allowed people to continue on their way without hindrance or shots being fired at the population....

Limitações de internet violam direitos fundamentais dos seres humanos, segundo Venâncio Mondlane
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Internet limits violate fundamental human rights, according to Venâncio Mondlane

Mozambique is going through a post-election period marked by demonstrations against the results of the elections. These acts are taking place all over the country. There are also demonstrations in the diaspora. In every corner, the only line is to restore electoral truth. The incidents are often disseminated via social networks. The press has used this material to...

Polícia usa gás lacrimogénio para dispersar manifestantes
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Police use tear gas to disperse protesters

The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to reach the center of the country's capital, Maputo, as proposed by the independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane. In addition, to repel the advance of dozens of demonstrators, in one of the city's arteries, the PRM deployed an armored war vehicle...