The chaos erupted amid violent protests and riots triggered by the confirmation of the ruling Frelimo party’s victory in October's elections. At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security ...
The court's seven-judge bench ruled that Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo had secured 65% of the vote, revising down the initial results of nearly 71%. Frelimo has governed Mozambique since 1975.
It is no coincidence that over 1,500 prisoners escaped from a maximum-security prison in Maputo shortly after the Constitutional Council announced the contested election results on December 23rd ...
The unrest erupted following the Constitutional Council's confirmation of the ruling Frelimo party's victory in the October 9 elections. The breakout at Maputo Central Prison, situated about 14 ...
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The prisoners fled during violent protests that have seen police cars, stations and infrastructure destroyed after the country’s Constitutional Council confirmed the ruling Frelimo party as the ...
The Portuguese-speaking African country’s highest court had confirmed on Monday that Frelimo, in power since 1975, won the October 9 presidential election that had already triggered weeks of unrest.
MAPUTO: A violent prison riot has claimed 33 lives and left 15 others injured in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, Bernardino Rafael, the country’s police general commander, said on Wednesday.
That makes 252 deaths since the election in October, as protesters accusing the governing party, Frelimo, of rigging the election have repeatedly clashed with the police and soldiers. The top ...
In a significant move, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who also serves as the Chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has publicly endorsed FRELIMO’s controversia ...
Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique's capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of ...