A man has been indicted for killing his wife and then claiming suicide in Sussundenga, in Manica province, central Mozambique. In a report in the newspaper "O País", the accused, who denies the charges, claims that his wife hanged herself because she was nervous. "I didn't kill her. She got nervous and hanged herself," said the accused....
The Magude District Prosecutor's Office, in Maputo province, is investigating the alleged suicide of a gang member who had been robbing homes in the town. According to a report in Rádio Moçambique, the individual in question allegedly took his own life using a pistol-type firearm, when he...
A member of the Defense and Security Forces assigned to the naval guard is missing after throwing himself into the sea from a passenger transport vessel while underway in Inhambane province on Thursday night. The Delegate of the Maritime Transport Institute in the province, Dinório Mudumane, confirmed the incident this morning....
A young police officer from the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), 22 years old, committed suicide on Thursday (25) in the city of Maputo because of a debt he had incurred playing Aviator - a type of online game of chance - according to a PRM source. According to the source, who spoke to MZNews, the agent...
Children are among the groups of citizens, such as young people, the elderly, the unemployed and state employees frustrated by the Single Wage Table (TSU), who are most at risk of committing suicide as a result of gambling, while older people can also commit homicide against those close to them, psychologist Hachimo Chagane warned today. According to...
A young policeman, aged 33, committed suicide on Wednesday (06) after losing 37,000 meticais in the Aviator game in the 10th district of Metuchira, Nhamatanda district, Sofala province. According to information obtained by MZNews, the young man's body was found hanging from a tree about three meters...
The President of the Republic (PR), Filipe Nyusi, said today that he had learned of the suicide of one of the terrorist leaders operating in Cabo Delgado province. He explained that this suicide had occurred because of his indecision as to whether or not to voluntarily hand himself in to the authorities and benefit from a "pardon", as has been the case with several...
Two citizens committed suicide by hanging in the administrative post of Cobué, Lago district, in Niassa province, after consuming alcoholic drinks and cannabis sativa (soruma), according to Rashide Serafim, head of the administrative division. Rádio Moçambique reports that the suicides took place in the villages of Mataca and Chigoma, and the cause of the acts...
More police officers are committing suicide in the country. In the last two years alone, according to the Commander General of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique, Bernardino Rafael, seventeen police officers have taken their own lives. Speaking at a graduation ceremony in the administrative post of Pundanhar, in the district of Palma, Cabo Delgado, Bernardino Rafael was quoted by RM as saying that suicide is not...
The Botswana Defense Force (BDF) announced the death on Monday morning of another Tswana soldier deployed in the turbulent province of Cabo Delgado, writes the newspaper "Mmegi" on its online page. "The BDF wishes to inform the public about the unfortunate incident in which a member of the BDF Contingent deployed in the Province...