The post-election protests in Mozambique have already led to the loss of dozens of human lives and financial losses in the thousands. The demonstrations began on October 21 and so far the future is uncertain. The argument is the "fraudulent" election results. Since then, Mozambicans have witnessed two situations: the paralysis of activities in the country or...
The presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, has warned that the fourth phase of peaceful demonstrations will greatly affect the national economy. "We are currently entering a painful phase that will profoundly affect the national economy," he said in a recent interview with CNN Portugal. But demonstrations that began on October 21 have already caused dozens...
Mozambique is going through a critical post-election period that has already led to the loss of human lives and the looting of public and private property. The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) believes that the demonstrations reflect the position of the majority in relation to the results of the October 9 general elections announced by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). Due to the...
The presidential candidate of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Lutero Simango, defends the need to debate the causes and motivations of the demonstrations in Mozambique. The party reiterates its support for the demonstrations against the results announced on October 24 by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). For the MDM president, it is not enough just to...
Commercial establishments were raided and their business objects looted on Thursday afternoon, while demonstrations were taking place in the cities of Maputo and Matola, in Maputo province. In the city of Maputo, the case of a furniture store in the Shoprite shopping center was among several others. In the same center,...
Military personnel from the Armed Forces and Defense of Mozambique (FADM) and officers from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) lowered the barrels of their guns at some of the entry points to Maputo city and let the demonstrators continue towards the center of the capital. The gesture was recorded in videos we had access to, in the neighborhood...
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) are totally unprepared to deal with peaceful demonstrations, according to the Mozambican Bar Association. In a statement to which we have had access, the lawyers say that from the first day of the demonstrations, the police have used "real bullets" and tear gas bombs to fire directly at...
Opposition parties announced today in Maputo, in a joint statement, their alignment in marches and demonstrations that are intended to be peaceful, to demand the centralized results put forward by the National Electoral Commission (CNE). This is the first time that the opposition has joined forces, and the highlight is the presence of Renamo and Movimento Democrático...
The president of the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM), Napoleão Viola, said yesterday that there is a "clairvoyant" possibility that the police force deployed to repel demonstrations in the country fired with the intention of taking the lives of the demonstrators. This is the "conclusion" of a technical reading by doctors after witnessing the entry of patients wounded by bullets from...
The Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) announced today that it had arrested 371 people across the country as a result of the protests on Thursday and in the early hours of today. According to Orlando Mudumane, some of the citizens were arrested for their involvement in clashes with PRM agents. "A total of 371 people were arrested and 44 criminal cases and...