Mozambique

[VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- In a state of the nation address late Tuesday, outgoing Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi invited the four presidential candidates for a dialogue as part of a bid to end post-election unrest that has left several people dead and dozens of others injured.

[VOA] Mount Hampden, Zimbabwe -- The Southern African Development Community held an extraordinary summit of heads of state in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to discuss the post-election strife in Mozambique and the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Two key donors - the EU and the UK - have indirectly backed Frelimo in the dispute over the elections, in a way which will clearly strengthen the position of hard-liners within the Frelimo leadership. Yesterday, 18 November, the European Council of Ministers approved another €20mn ($21mn) to support Rwandan troops […]

[CPJ] New York -- In the weeks since Mozambique's October 9 general election -- which was characterized by irregularities and in which the ruling Frelimo party claimed victory -- the country has descended into chaos as security personnel engage in violent clashes with protestors disputing the results.

[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Heads of state of the Southern African Development Community regional bloc are due to meet next week in Zimbabwe on post-election violence in neighboring Mozambique, where the political opposition is disputing poll results.

[People's Dispatch] Protests have erupted in Mozambique following the release of the electoral results, though the roots lie in long-standing discontent with the status quo

[UN News] UN independent human rights experts on Friday called on Mozambican authorities to prevent and end ongoing violence and repression of demonstrators in the wake of contentious general elections last month.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] General strike continues after 3 weeks and 50 killed by police

[AI London] Responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula on 13 November 2024, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said:

[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- Southern African Development Community leaders are expected at a coming summit to address the scores of civilian fatalities and injuries that have occurred in Mozambique since the ruling Frelimo party declared Daniel Chapo president with more than 70% of the vote.

[ISS] After 25 years of electoral fraud and one-party dominance, mass protests are the last resort for the opposition and the public.

[The Herald] In recent times, we have seen our beloved country being falsely accused of interfering in political events in the region, with the ridiculous accusations being made just because the ruling party, ZANU PF, has very good fraternal relations with sister former liberation parties in SADC.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has reiterated its call for calm and restraint following post-election protests in Mozambique.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Body count now 50

[The Conversation Africa] Turmoil following presidential and parliamentary elections in Mozambique has been severe. Preliminary official results from the 2024 elections indicated a landslide win by the ruling party, Frelimo. These results are widely contested, with various reports of irregularities.

[Afrobarometer] Three-fourths of citizens see opposition's role as cooperation with government rather than scrutiny.

[Agenzia Fides] Maputo -- The number of victims of clashes between demonstrators and police in Mozambique has risen to 30 since protests broke out three weeks ago over alleged fraud in the October 9 elections (see Fides, 8/11/2024), according to human rights organizations. There is no end in sight to the demonstrations after candidate Venancio Mondlane, of […]

[New Zimbabwe] The High Commissioner of the Southern Africa Human Rights Lawyers has said there is evidence that ZANU PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa interfered in Mozambique's recent elections.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] 59 shot in Maputo with 3 killed

[SAnews.gov.za] The Border Management Authority (BMA) has announced that cargo operations at the Lebombo Border Post have resumed following a closure of the port last week.

[RFI] Mozambique's opposition has promised to continue protests over contested election results that extended the ruling Frelimo party's near five-decade rule. At least 30 people have died since protests broke out last month, an international rights group has said.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] But such a conference will only work if Frelimo accepts the need to take an active part.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] But will donors support it or continue to back Frelimo?

[RSF] The political turbulence rocking Mozambique since the start of the protests against fraud in the general elections, which were held on 9 October, has made journalism a dangerous practice. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the repeated attacks on media professionals and calls for their protection as they carry out their work.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Amnesty International is calling on the Mozambican government to stop its crackdown on protesters challenging the results of last month's elections. At least 20 people have been killed in post-election violence, according to human rights groups.

[African Arguments] Another stolen election has sent the people into the streets. The people await Venancio Mondlane, the leader of the protest movement. The old elite await a $50 billion resource jamboree. Is this the end of FRELIMO?

Police fired teargas and rubber bullets as protests continued in Mozambique against the disputed 9 October election. Civil society groups have accused Frelimo, the party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975, of registering almost 900,000 fake voters, out of an electorate of 17 million. The party’s presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, […]

[Daily Maverick] A prolonged closure of the border would be costly not only to the mining sector but also to both economies more widely, and would be a fresh blow to investor sentiment towards Mozambique, where police fired tear gas at hundreds of opposition supporters converging on the capital Maputo on Thursday for the biggest demonstration yet against […]

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Police body count:

[HRW] Johannesburg -- The Mozambican authorities should immediately end internet restrictions imposed since October 25, 2024, and restore full access to social media platforms, Human Rights Watch said today. Internet restrictions and shutdowns violate multiple rights including access to information, freedom of speech, and peaceful protest, and people's […]