The border town of Ressano Garcia saw a climate of instability this afternoon. It all started when a group of people started throwing stones at a Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) vehicle that was driving by. It is not yet known what caused the unrest, but the situation forced several...
Four people, including three teenagers, were shot when police tried to stop a motorcycle race in Nampula province, public broadcaster Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) reported today. TVM reports that the case took place on Sunday, in the district of Mogovolas, when people gathered to watch a motorcycle race...
Three alleged bandits were shot dead by the police in the early hours of yesterday morning in Maputo city, after they had hijacked a cab service vehicle, along with its driver. The chase, accompanied by bursts of gunfire, only ended with the death of the three alleged criminals when the stolen car they were following...
This Wednesday, in the city of Chimoio, Manica, the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) arrested two foreign nationals in possession of 71 firearms of different types and calibers, magazines, bayonets, ammunition, machetes and bulletproof vests. They are Portuguese and Zimbabwean nationals who were caught in a residence in possession of...
Protests between the Maputo Matchdje bench and the fourth official led to tempers flaring in the provincial capital of Niassa on Sunday. According to Rádio Moçambique, Matchedje de Maputo were leading 1-0 with seven minutes left on the clock, when a penalty was awarded that...
One car crashed into three others and knocked down the wall of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Maputo Central Hospital. No fatalities were reported at the scene, but there was one minor injury and extensive material damage. The accident took place at around 10am on Sunday, when a vehicle that was...
Four suspected cattle rustlers from Eswatini have been arrested by the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM). This is the latest case that is shaking up cross-border security between Mozambique and Eswatini. According to the authorities, last week nine head of cattle were slaughtered on the mountain in the border district of Namaacha, Maputo province,...
The mayor of New York and the city's Police Department (NYPD) presented several robots this Tuesday that will help officers maintain security, including a 'police dog' previously removed due to criticism. "We are announcing three new police technologies in New York City: the K5 autonomous security robot, the...
The United Nations Secretary-General's envoy to Mozambique, Mirko Manzoni, says that the police have to take responsibility if their violent conduct in the face of the demonstrations is proven, but called for the investigations to be concluded. "It's clear that we have two different positions. On the one hand, the opposition is saying that there is violence...
The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence and Security Forces, Filipe Nyusi, today ordered the Ministry of the Interior (MINT) to investigate the reasons that led the police "to adopt a confrontational stance towards the young people who on the 18th of this month organized a demonstration in honour of the rapper Azagaia,...