Mozambique: Senior Election Observation Figure Murdered

Maputo — Unidentified assassins have murdered a senior election observation figure in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza.

Anastacio Matavel, the Executive Director of the Forum of Gaza Non-Governmental Organisations (FONGA) was shot dead on Monday morning in the Gaza provincial capital of Xai-Xai. Matavel was also the Gaza Focal Point for the coalition of election observation bodies known as the "Sala da Paz" (Peace Room).

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