Seventy-seven health sector vehicles were destroyed or vandalized during the post-election demonstrations across the country, health authorities said. Of this number, fifty-five new vehicles were at the Central de Medicamentos e Artigos Médicos in Maputo, where two warehouses were destroyed, according to Rádio Moçambique. The minister of...
There will be no fuel shortages for at least the next 23 days in the country, guarantees the Mozambican Association of Oil Companies (AMEPETROL). In a statement to which MZNews has had access, AMEPETROL says that "at the moment the country has stock for 23 days, so there is no risk of a fuel shortage, apart from the ships already scheduled to arrive in the...
Venâncio Mondlane, leader of the nationwide demonstrations, last night denounced the execution of prisoners and the accumulation of bodies, including those of children, in morgues. In another live broadcast on his official Facebook account, he pointed out that families are being prevented from identifying the bodies, which are being sent to graves...
At least 32 people were arrested on Thursday afternoon (26) during post-election demonstrations by groups in the districts of Báruè and Macossa, in Manica province, central Mozambique. Of this number, 15 people were arrested in the town of Catandica, Báruè district, and another 17 in Macossa, the district of the same name, according to...
The new wave of demonstrations that began shortly after the Constitutional Council validated the election results yesterday caused 18 deaths and 81 serious and minor injuries, 58 arrests, the assault on a police station and the torching of dozens of vehicles, many of them long-haul, in the city of Beira, the provincial capital of Sofala, in the center of...
The Central Hospital of Nampula (HCN) announced yesterday (25) that there have been at least 21 deaths, 17 out-of-hospital and four in-hospital, in the last 38 hours, following acts of vandalism and disorder, triggered by the validation and proclamation of the results of the October 9 general elections. According to the director-general of the HCN, Cachimo Molina,...
At least 252 people lost their lives during the protests that erupted in Mozambique after the October 9 elections, validated this week by the Constitutional Council. The figures were revealed today by the non-governmental organization Plataforma Eleitoral Decide, pointing out that half of the deaths, 125, were recorded since the beginning of the week, between...
Last Thursday (19), the United States raised its travel alert level for Mozambique, saying that protests could quickly turn violent. Mozambique is bracing itself for a potential escalation of protests following the announcement that the Constitutional Council (CC) will reveal its decision on the results of the elections next Monday (23)....
The Council of State, an advisory body to the President of the Republic which, among other powers, is obliged to rule on the declaration of war, a state of siege or a state of emergency, met last week to analyze the security situation on national territory, with a focus on the Operational Theatre...
Renamo expresses its solidarity with the victims of the demonstrations called by Venâncio Mondlane, the candidate supported by PODEMOS. At a press conference held on Monday, the Renamo party stressed that the general elections of October 9 were neither fair nor transparent, which is why the people are on the streets demonstrating....