The President of the Supreme Court, Adelino Muchanga, assured today that the national courts have no cases against independent presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane. "There are cases under investigation, but they are not in the courts," he said, stressing that only after the investigation phase is over will they be able to enter the courts. He explained that those who carry out the...
The South African Minister for International Relations, Ronald Lamola, said this week that South Africa's congratulations to the Frelimo party on the election of its candidate Daniel Chapo as President of the Republic was a customary act. Speaking at a press conference, he explained that it was not an act outside the norm, although the...
Four years after the violent attack on Agostinho Vuma, President of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), the Supreme Court has just overturned the decision of the Maputo High Court of Appeal to dismiss the main suspect in the attempted murder, Salimo Momad Muidine. The incident, remember, took place on July 11, 2020,...
The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) in Zambezia is demanding that the electoral authorities annul the general elections throughout the province because the party was allegedly prejudiced. The party has already submitted documents to the local courts attesting to the occurrence of electoral irregularities in the province's districts. Bruno Dramusse said that around...
After all, how many "P's" do you use to light up the country? That is the question, which literally has its answer not in the implementation of the various existing projects to expand the electricity grid, but in the way they are carried out: ethics and transparency. Ten years ago, Mozambique undertook a preliminarily winding challenge of making...
Through its joint electoral observation platform, the Peace Room describes the start of the process as positive, despite the occurrence of some illicit acts. Among the illicit acts that occurred, the platform reports a delay in the start of voting at some polling stations, a change of position and at some points the absence of the Podemos party...
The Attorney General's Office (PGR), at the Nampula delegation in northern Mozambique, has revealed that the case of the illegal detention of the customs agent is already at the investigation stage. On August 24, the customs agent, Alírio João, was illegally detained for refusing to photograph luxury cars seized in...
The Arbitral Tribunal of the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), based in Paris, France, has handed down its verdict in the arbitration case brought by the Mozambican state against the Indian giant Patel Engineering. Represented by the Mozambican Attorney General's Office (PGR), the state brought the case to counter another action it had...
The Angolan justice system has ordered the release and closure of the case against former drug trafficker Gelson Emanuel Quintas "Man Genas", due to lack of evidence. Man Genas is being held in Luanda following his extradition from Mozambique after denouncing the alleged involvement of the Angolan police authorities in drug trafficking. Gelson's defense...
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) accuses the Public Prosecutor's Office in Nampula Province of filing a complaint against the actions of the Mozambique Republic Police. According to the CCD's Human Rights Bulletin, the complaint about the deaths of ten people and...