South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) temporarily closed the Lebombo post on Tuesday (05) following violent protests in Mozambique, which reached the town of Ressano Garcia, reports News24. The Lebombo-Ressano Garcia border is the most important between South Africa and Mozambique. It is the longest land border...
The Ministry of Defense assured this afternoon that if the riots prevail and show signs of altering the constitutional order, the defense forces will be activated to restore order, highlighting signs of violence in some demonstrations that have been taking place in the country in protest at the election results. At a press conference, Cristovão Chume showed videos...
The Mozambican capital Maputo was once again the scene of demonstrations "against the electoral fraud of October 9" and for the first time in one night, people repudiated the results. The police, as usual, repelled the demonstrators by firing tear gas bullets at the people who were marching peacefully, even though they had set up barricades on the roads. ...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, is calling on Mozambicans to unite and put an end to the demonstrations that have been taking place since October 21 in protest at the election results. In a post on his Facebook page, Nyusi argues that "at this time of challenges, it is essential that all Mozambicans are united for the good of...
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...
Two ambulances from Maputo Central Hospital were attacked with stones and other objects while providing emergency services. According to a report by Miramar television, citing HCM sources, the first vehicle was hit by stones along Julius Nyerere avenue, in the Hulene neighborhood, at around 7pm and had to retreat. Then...
The Civil Society Platform for Electoral Monitoring Decide and the Network of Young Human Rights Defenders are monitoring the protests in Mozambique and are calling on the international community to "condemn police violence and the use of real bullets to disperse protesters". In a statement, quoted by RFI, the...
In a strategy designed to dissuade street demonstrations protesting and contesting the results of the October 9 vote, the Commander General of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), Bernardino Rafael, invited the leadership of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS),...
Some commercial centers, especially the largest markets selling basic necessities, have found the demonstrations an opportunity to speculate on product prices. But why? The fact is that a survey carried out by Notícias found that the threats to stop activities led to a massive influx of people to the markets,...
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) announced yesterday (30) that the country has lost three billion Meticais due to the paralysis of economic activity resulting from the demonstrations on the 21st, 24th and 25th of this month. The CTA was speaking after a meeting with the government to take stock of the...