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...
The general strikes and demonstrations called throughout the country by Venâncio Mondlane may cease, as he himself said on Thursday (24), from "an uncertain location". According to Mondlane, some intention has already been expressed "on the other side" to find a common point of agreement. "We have red lines in this dialog. The first is...
Residents of Maputo province, in the municipality of Marracuene, blocked National Road No. 1, near the Kumbeza tollbooth, in the early hours of Thursday morning. The demonstration reflects support for Venâncio Mondlane's call for the second phase of the nationwide general strike. His supporters and sympathizers, as well as...
Nampula city residents, supporters and sympathizers of presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane and the Podemos party, have joined the call for the second phase of the general strike. The march began at the Airport traffic circle and the people are being "escorted" by the Police of the Republic of Mozambique. According to the information we have obtained, the demonstrations began when it was...
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) have already started dispersing the demonstrators by firing tear gas at the spot where Elvino Dias, Venâncio Mondlane's lawyer and trustee, and the spokesman for the Podemos party, Paulo Guambe, were murdered. The demonstrators had been summoned by Venâncio Mondlane to gather there and start the march...
On Wednesday (14), the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) expressed the business community's concern about the wave of kidnappings that has plagued the country, especially in the capital Maputo. "We note with deep concern that since the emergence of this phenomenon in 2011, there has been a cumulative of more than 250 cases of kidnapping...