The Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO), believes that there is selective action by the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) when it comes to prosecuting electoral crimes and related acts. In a publication released today (25), the NGO warns that in the current electoral process, there has often been selective action by the Public Prosecutor's Office, in...
The headquarters of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) was set on fire in the neighborhood of Soalpo in the city of Chimoio, Manica province, in central Mozambique. An RFI report says that members of the extra-parliamentary party who were at the scene attribute the crime, which took place in the early hours of Saturday (23), to...
The Cuban ambassador to Mozambique, Jorge Lopez, today presented a message of congratulations from Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to Daniel Chapo on his election as President of the Republic in last October's elections. According to the message presented by Jorge Lopez, Daniel Chapo's election is unequivocal proof of the people's support for...
The Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) is demanding compensation of 105,421,448.18 meticais from the independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, for the damage caused by protesters on the border of Ressano Garcia, Moamba district, Maputo province, as part of the demonstrations. The same civil action targets António Forquilha, in his capacity as president of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique...
The Mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, promised yesterday at the party's political headquarters to submit a criminal complaint against the provincial commander of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique to international bodies. According to the mayor, who has already filed a criminal complaint against the police officer, the way is open for international judicial...
The Public Prosecutor's Office of Roraima, in Brazil, held the third edition of the Congress on Original Peoples and Human Rights, between Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22. The event, which took place in the city of Boa Vista, was attended by various personalities from that Latin American country and the Mozambican poet,...
An agent from the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) deployed to maintain order during the protests in Maputo city on Friday did not escape the effects of tear gas fired by other agents to disperse the population. The officer, who did not want to be identified, confirmed that the police were in fact the ones provoking the...
The Frelimo party took to the streets and avenues of the capital Maputo today to march for the supposed victory of the party and its presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, in the October 9 elections. Members of the political formation repudiated the wave of violence and looting of public and private property during the demonstrations called by Venâncio Mondlane...
The independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, has already accepted the presidential invitation for a meeting between the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, and the four presidential candidates. The Podemos party, which supports Venâncio Mondlane, has accepted the invitation. However, with a view to making the debate as broad as possible to...
The President of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) today expressed his openness and acceptance of the invitation made by the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, for a meeting between the four presidential candidates. "We are available for the meeting," said Simango at a press conference. According to Simango, the availability is in the best interest and with the sole aim of serving...