Politician Venancio Mondlane accuses the political-judicial system - which he says is under the yoke of Frelimo - of trying to control him and of preventing the liberation of the conscience of the Mozambican people. On Tuesday, Mondlane was heard by the Attorney General's Office in a criminal case on incitement to public disobedience. The Public Prosecutor's Office decided that Mondlane must communicate...
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Malicious actors are releasing inmates across the country
Today in Maputo, the Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Mateus Saize, referred to the existence of malicious people releasing prisoners throughout the country. For Saize, these are actually people who, under the guise of protesters, climb into prisons to remove "their cronies". "We have the figures [of recovered prisoners],...
Did Alberto Chipande really fire the first shot? New book reveals other versions of the liberation of the Portuguese colonies
The history of the liberation struggles in the Portuguese colonies has been written to attribute glory and monopolies to the "liberating groups", as in the case of Mozambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau. But a new scientific study, published in book form, calls into question the narrative that has endured for 50 years. An article published by Observador indicates that the new...
Demonstrations: Mozambican and South African journalists detained in Maputo released
The three journalists, one Mozambican and two South Africans, arrested on Wednesday (13) while trying to cover the demonstrations "against electoral fraud" in Mozambique are now free. According to the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), they are Charles Magwiro, from Rádio Moçambique, and Bongani Siziba and Sbonelo Mkhasibe, from the Nigerian channel NewsCentral Africa TV....
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange released after agreement with US
The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been free since Monday morning, after spending the last five years (1,901 days) in prison for publishing highly classified US defense secrets on his platforms. However, Julian Assange's release is underpinned by an agreement with the US courts in which he declares himself...
Prison Break: Young man breaks into police station and frees eight detainees in Mozambique
Movie stuff is movie stuff. However, like all art, motivation arises in everyday life. But this time it may have been the other way around, and the "Prison Break?" series may be to blame. Is it an unusual one? We don't know, but the fact is that a 20-year-old broke into a police station and...