Mozambique

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:04:30 GMT
No Order to Imprison Mondlane, Says Supreme Court
[AIM] Maputo -- There is no judicial order to imprison fugitive presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane, should he return to Mozambique, according to the President of the Supreme Court, Adelino Muchanga.

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:04:36 GMT
Angolan President Calls for Dialogue in Mozambique Crisis
[ANGOP] Pretoria -- President João Lourenço appealed on Thursday in Pretoria to the parties involved in the post-election dispute in Mozambique to find the best ways of resolving it through dialogue.

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:04:29 GMT
Flowing Again On Maputo Roads
[AIM] Maputo -- Traffic was flowing normally again along Maputo's main roads on Thursday morning, after eight days of disruption caused by followers of Mozambique's fugitive presidential candidate, Venancio Mondlane.

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:04:29 GMT
Four Police Dead in Clashes With Demonstrators
[AIM] Maputo -- At least four members of the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR - the Mozambican riot police) died on Wednesday, during clashes with protesters during mass demonstrations in Chimbazo region, between the districts of Luabo and Mopeia, in the...

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:34:29 GMT
Mondlane Announces He Will Take Power in January
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's fugitive presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane, has announced that he will seize power in January.

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:21:31 GMT
More Than 30 Killed in One Week As Protest Death Toll Reaches 110
[AI London] Responding to reports from Mozambican civil society groups that the death toll during protests has reached at least 110, with 34 people killed in the last week alone, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, K...

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:59:25 GMT
Office Attacked in Ile
[AIM] Maputo -- People claiming to be supporters of Mozambique's fugitive presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane early on Wednesday morning attacked and burnt down the office of the ruling Frelimo Party in Errego, capital of Ile district, in the ce...

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:34:30 GMT
Ongoing Protests Against Election Results Have Significant Impacts On the Economy
[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- Protests continue in Mozambique against the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections of October 9, won by FRELIMO (Mozambican Liberation Front, which has ruled continuously since the country's independence in ...

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:34:28 GMT
Government Approves Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment Policy
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Government on Tuesday approved the investment policy of the country's sovereign wealth fund, which consists of guidelines and measures that must be carried out for long-term management of assets.

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:21:32 GMT
Escalating Death Toll As More Than 30 Killed in Protests Over Last Week
[AI London] For more than 50 days, Mozambique's Frelimo-led government has refused to end its bloody crackdown on protesters

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:25:44 GMT
Mozambique Violence Fuelled By Historical Grievances and Civil War Politics
[RFI] Ongoing protests in Mozambique have highlighted deep-rooted political discontent following October's controversial elections and a long history of grievances since the country gained independence in 1975.

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:57:44 GMT
Mondlane Decrees More Misery
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's fugitive presidential candidate, Venancio Mondlane has decreed yet another quasi-general strike, in his drive to have himself declared the winner of the 9 October general elections.

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:57:43 GMT
14 Undocumented Minors Rescued in South Africa
[AIM] Maputo -- The South African authorities on Sunday rescued 14 undocumented Mozambican minors who were being kidnapped.

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 04:55:20 GMT
Mozambique Political Unrest Disrupts Eswatini Sugar Exports
[VOA] Mbabane, Eswatini -- In the wake of political turmoil and protests in Mozambique, Eswatini's sugar industry has faced disruptions to supply chains and exports and has had to find alternative routes for its products.

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:31:02 GMT
More Than 100 Killed By Police
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Police killed 27 people in four days of demonstrations which bring the total killed by police to 103, from 21 October up to and including yesterday (Saturday 7 December), according to Plataforma Eleitoral Decid...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:38:12 GMT
Buildings Burnt After Clashes in Larde
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In Larde, Moma, Nampula, a Frelimo shock group, receiving a party brigade from Nampula city, assaulted a young man from the Podemos. In response, Podemos members burned down the Frelimo zone committee. They the...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:36:49 GMT
Kenmare Invaded And Demonstrators Wanted To Burn Its Plane
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Demonstrators set on fire the premises of the Irish company Kenmare which exploits the heavy mineral sands of Moma, Nampula. Company executives were given an emergency evacuation when the population was ready t...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:34:56 GMT
Is Frelimo Dying, Leaving Only a Failed Corrupt State, or Can Frelimo And Mozambique Be Saved?
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The country is burning and there were no firefighters available. Mozambique is a country out of control, with the symptoms of a collapsed state. The Frelimo elites had accumulated so much wealth over all these ...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:32:41 GMT
Demonstrators Close Major Roads
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Main roads remain closed this morning and controlled by local demonstrators. On the N1 the road has been closed at Bobole, Marracuene, just north of Maputo, since yesterday. The photo is from this morning (Sun...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:39:27 GMT
Nampula Central Hospital May Run Out of Space
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The number of people entering Nampula Central Hospital, suffering from wounds inflicted by police bullets, is increasing every day. The Hospital has already warned that it may be running out of capacity to trea...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:30 GMT
The House of the Policeman Who Killed a Stallholder No Longer Exists
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Abílio Tovela is a police assistant superintendent in Chibuto. He is known as a fanatical member of Frelimo. It was he who fired the shot that resulted in the death of a young man who was in his stall in t...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:56:57 GMT
Protesters Warned the Police Before Destroying
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In both Chibuto and Chókwè, the demonstrators informed the district police commands that they would attack particular buildings and the police should not interfere.

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:55:19 GMT
Police Run Out of Bullets in Chókwè
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In early evening, the revolt spread to the city of Chókwè. Two Frelimo Party offices, the city and district committees, were attacked and set on fire Streets were blocked with barricades and burning ...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:52:19 GMT
Chibuto - Attacking What Belongs to "Them" - Frelimo
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The revolt began in Chibuto in the morning, and continued into the night. Until 22.00 Chibuto was under fire. Some rioters were shot by the police. At night, Chibuto hospital was full of people weeping, alleged...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:50:31 GMT
Gaza: The Bulwarks of Political Terror Turn Against Their Owner
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The day, night and early morning were times of terror in the cities of Chibuto and Chókwè, which have been two bulwarks of political intolerance against the opposition in Gaza province. This time the ...

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:48:08 GMT
The Mood is Changing
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Instead of dying out, as Frelimo hoped, the protests are becoming more pointed. Some in Frelimo are now comparing the national protests to the war in Cabo Delgado.

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 04:37:11 GMT
Mozambique's Deadly Protests - How the Country Got Here
[The Conversation Africa] The protests that followed Mozambique's contested October elections have been the most protracted and deadliest since multiparty democracy in 1990. Police have reportedly killed at least 50 since Daniel Chapo, from the rulin...

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 05:00:56 GMT
Govt May Face Difficulties in Paying Wages, Says Nyusi
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has warned that the government may face difficulties in paying wages and overtime allowances to teachers and health professionals as a result of the mass demonstrations called by fugitive presidential...

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 05:00:55 GMT
Wednesday Clashes Caused Five Deaths
[AIM] Maputo -- The General Command of the Mozambican police (PRM) has claimed that clashes between anti-government demonstrators and the police on Wednesday resulted in five deaths, while three other people were seriously injured.

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:09:07 GMT
Govt Promises, Mondlane Shuts Maputo Down Again
[AIM] Maputo -- Much of central Maputo came to a standstill yet again on Wednesday morning as gangs of young men, loyal to fugitive presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane, closed down the roads.

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