The technical administrator of Águas da Região Norte (AdRN), Capitine Ernesto, explained that the reservoir of the Nampula dam, on the Monapo River, is at such a low level that a plan has been put in place to restrict supply to the city. Currently, the supply to the city stands at 30%. Built in the 1960s,...
Cabo Delgado: PRM says many protesters are infiltrators from Nampula
The Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) in Cabo Delgado say that some of the protesters are not from that province, but are infiltrators from Nampula. The PRM said it is concerned about the entry of strangers into Cabo Delgado, whose aim is to protest the results of the October 9 general elections. "A...
Nampula: People vandalize Frelimo headquarters in Muecate and find hundreds of voter cards
The population of Muecate district, in Nampula province, vandalized the Frelimo party's District Committee late on Wednesday morning. Boxes containing voters' cards were found inside the First Secretary's office. According to a Canalmoz report, others were hidden inside broken computer processors. "The population took...
Nampula: HCN confirms three dead and 30 injured in police shootings
The Central Hospital of Nampula (HCN), the largest health unit in northern Mozambique, has confirmed that three bodies were found to be lifeless and 30 injured as a result of the events of last Wednesday's (27) demonstration, when the circulation of vehicles was paralyzed in compliance with the call by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane. According to a publication on the...
Nampula City Council: Buses go for scrap
The Nampula City Council buses acquired a year ago and vandalized by unknown people will soon be scrapped. According to a publication in "Noticias" quoting the president of the Municipal Council, Luís Giquira, a multi-sectoral project is currently underway between the municipality and the Provincial Directorate of Finance to determine the number...
Nampula: Journalists attacked by police while covering demonstrations
Two journalists from Rádio e Televisão Encontro, César Rafael and Valdemiro Amisse, were attacked by the police on Wednesday, November 13, while covering news in the city of Nampula. The incident occurred as part of the post-election demonstrations taking place throughout the country and region. A statement from MISA Mozambique reports that the...
Two dead and two wounded shot in the backyard of a house in Namicopo, Nampula
Two citizens were murdered and another two injured after being shot this morning in the backyard of a house in the Namicopo neighborhood, Nampula province. An amateur video to which we had access shows the bodies of the deceased and the wounded, one in the leg and the other in the arm....
Father Fernão Magalhães, head of the MDM list in the October 9 elections in Nampula, has died
Father Fernão Magalhães, of the Archdiocese of Nampula, who in last October's elections was head of the list of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) and candidate for governor of Nampula, died of unknown causes on Saturday (09). According to a publication on the local Ikweli portal, citing close sources, the cleric, who lived alone in the communal unit...
Protesters set fire to Frelimo committee headquarters in Nampula
A group of individuals, allegedly members of the PODEMOS party, set fire on Thursday afternoon (07) to the headquarters of the 25 September zone committee in the Muhala Expansão neighborhood, on the outskirts of the city of Nampula. According to a report by local portal Ikweli, citing local sources, the perpetrators came on a motorcycle...
PODEMOS party denounces "political persecution" in Nampula
The Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS), which supports presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, has denounced the kidnapping and murder of a member of the district political committee in the district of Mogovolas, in the northern province of Nampula. According to an RFI report, the complaint was made by Velasco José, provincial president of the League...