The Minister of the Interior, Pascoal Ronda, acknowledged today in Maputo that it is difficult to control the post-election demonstrations in order to maintain peace in the country, which is why the President of the Republic is making efforts. "It's not easy. Just yesterday we had Bobole closed, since the day before yesterday, but we managed to open it. Today, Maputo province is blocked,...
The Mais Integridade Electoral Consortium today refused the Constitutional Council's (CC) request to share the minutes and public notices of the Presidential, Legislative and Provincial Assembly General Elections held on October 9. By means of Order 50/CC/2024, of December 4, the CC requested the minutes and public notices from the More...
The district delegate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos) in Zavala, Inhambane province, and his wife were kidnapped yesterday, Sunday. The party, through its social media channels, said that the police in the district did not know the whereabouts of Alberto Chale Lima Munjovo and Carla Teresa Serafina Nhavoto. This...
The Constitutional Council (CC) recently asked the Mais Integridade Consortium, a platform that monitors the electoral process in the country, for copies of the minutes and public notices in its possession, as part of the process of validating the results of the general elections held on October 9. "It was with great surprise that Mais Integridade received this notification....
The post-election demonstrations in Mozambique have caused 90 deaths, 293 shootings and 3,496 people detained since October 21 to December 5, according to data from the Decide Platform. According to the Protest Monitoring Report, 12 deaths were recorded between December 4 and 5 alone, seven in Nampula province,...
The wife of a serviceman from the Armed Forces and Defense of Mozambique (FADM) is asking for support to get her husband released, who has allegedly been detained for about a week in the Navy barracks in Catembe, Maputo city. In a video, the woman said that she was only allowed to visit her husband. She said that...
The Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) fired tear gas at protesters this afternoon at the intersection of 25 de Setembro and Guerra Popular avenues, in the downtown area of Maputo, to disperse demonstrators. According to reports and videos to which we have had access, chaos ensued when the police deliberately fired...
The mayor of Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia, Manuel de Araújo, called yesterday (05) for general demonstrations throughout the province from today, Friday, until the final results are proclaimed by the Constitutional Council (CC). According to Renamo's Manuel de Araújo, the marches throughout Zambezia province should start from 15...
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...
A Lalgy bus transporting staff was set on fire by demonstrators this morning in the Malhampsene district of Matola, Maputo province. A company source told MZNews that the driver was forced to stop driving and the passengers (company workers) to leave the bus. According to...