The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has expressed its openness to supporting Mozambique in the peaceful resolution of post-election conflicts, according to the President of the Republic. Speaking to the press after the end of the Extraordinary Summit yesterday in Harare, Zimbabwe, Nyusi said that the bloc regrets the deaths, vandalization of infrastructure and blocking of cross-border traffic....
Court asks for details and "urgent" blocking of Venâncio Mondlane's bank accounts
The Maputo City Judicial Court (TJCM), through the Criminal Investigation Section (SIC), has requested, as a matter of urgency, the details and blocking of the accounts held by the independent presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, if they exist. In addition to the urgent nature of the "Request for Information in Criminal Proceedings" of November 13, 2024, which will...
No overtime pay: Teachers threaten to boycott exams
The National Teachers' Association (ANAPRO) is threatening to boycott primary and secondary school exams if the government doesn't pay overtime by the end of this week. Teachers are demanding that the government pay them overtime, which has not been paid for more than two years. The meeting of more than...
Smuggling rubies: 150 miners invade MRM mine
Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) suffered another large-scale raid on Friday (15) at its Maningue Nice mine in Cabo Delgado, which was invaded by around 150 people. In a statement shared with the press, MRM said that those involved in the raid had taken hostage a member of the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) and a security...
Zambézia: Forbidden to march, Renamo members demand resignation of delegate
A group of Renamo members in Quelimane gathered at the Renamo delegation, where they chanted and demanded the resignation of the current delegate, Inácio Reis. The group, which included members and heads of administrative posts, was complaining about the current management of Renamo's provincial political delegation, because it is being banned from demonstrating. "We want...
An example of pacifism in protests and obedience to Higher Orders!
Mozambique is going through a post-election period marked by demonstrations that have had a very negative impact on the modus operandi. Protesters have vandalized and looted public and private property. Protesters, non-protesters and police lost their lives. The police fired countless times. There were also outbreaks of revenge against the police who kill, in...
"At the Presidency of the Republic": Journalist detained reporting honking horns and traffic at a standstill
The journalist-reporter for the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), Sheila Wilson, was arrested earlier this afternoon in Maputo city, while she was broadcasting live the situation regarding the protests called by Venâncio Mondlane. The arrest took place after a military guard from the Presidency of the Republic, on Av. Julius Nyerere, stole...
National post-election situation is not on SADC's agenda, according to deputy minister
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is holding an Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare today to address security issues in the region. A Mozambican delegation led by the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, is on site. Contrary to national expectations about the possibility of discussing the socio-political situation...
"We were sent to kill you": UEM student kidnapped recounts drama of captivity
Eduardo Mondlane University student Agapito was kidnapped by at least three "armed and hooded" individuals on Thursday night (14), in the Polana Caniço neighborhood, Maputo city. According to him, the crime took place near the Instituto Superior Maria Mãe de África (ISMMA), when he was trying to buy soap for his own use. "I was stopped by a...
President of the Republic at SADC Extraordinary Summit
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, is taking part today in Harare, in the Republic of Zimbabwe, in the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The event will focus on the security situation in the region, in general, and in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in particular, according to a note from the...