Atypical situation in the capital city. Police of various specialties armed to the teeth are already at the site of the demonstrations to prevent the security of the march from taking place. Meanwhile, helicopters are also flying overhead. Even so, the population is still chanting "Mocambique este pais é nosso" (Mocambique is our country), the acronym used by the candidate...
Venezuela's opposition leader, María Corina Machado, and former diplomat, Edmundo González Urrutia, called on Saturday for a worldwide protest for what they called the electoral "truth" "This Saturday, August 17, we will take to the streets of Venezuela and the world... we will shout together so that the world supports our victory and recognizes the...
The Minister of Justice, Helana Kida, wants to hold accountable the police officers who fatally shot citizens taking part in the protests against the results of the local elections. She said she was closely monitoring the protest marches against the results of the sixth local elections and that no one is above the law....
The Minister of the Interior, Pascoal Ronda, said last week in Parliament that the authorities had recorded only one death in the context of 130 popular demonstrations throughout most of the country against electoral fraud. He was referring to the case of a member of the Renamo party who was killed by the Mozambique Republic Police in the district of...
The actions of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) are aimed at maintaining public order and protecting citizens and not at repression, according to the Minister of the Interior, Pascoal Ronda. Speaking on Wednesday (01) at the Assembly of the Republic, he implied that the proportionality of the PRM's intervention is to contain...
Mozambique's security forces "used excessive force, including live ammunition" in demonstrations against the results of the local elections, causing the deaths of at least three people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday. In a statement quoted by Observador, the human rights non-governmental organization (NGO) also accused the Mozambican police of...
The Association of Combatants of the National Liberation Struggle (ACLLIN) of Mozambique today called for 'confusion' to be avoided during the demonstrations against the results of the local elections in the country, suggesting that the decision of the Constitutional Council (CC) be awaited. The association of Mozambican veterans of the anti-colonial war acknowledged that there may have been...
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) say that the public order situation has returned to normal in the city of Maputo, following the wave of demonstrations that took place this Friday. "The city of Maputo is calm, people have understood the appeals that we've been letting them make, to go back to their homes and we hope that this...
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) arrested 70 demonstrators this Friday during protest marches against the results of the sixth local elections in Mozambique, police authorities said. Of this number of arrests, 60 took place in the city of Nampula, four in Nacala Porto, both in northern Mozambique, another four in Maputo, and two...