Mozambique Election Period Clouded by Violence - Amnesty
With just under a month to go before Mozambique's general election, Amnesty International reports that campaigning has been clouded by violence against civil society activists, journalists and human rights advocates. Meanwhile, brutal attacks in the Cabo Delgado Province by a local extremist group locally known as 'Al-Shabab' has claimed at least 200 lives and forced thousands of others to flee their homes since October 2017.
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Mozambique:
Nyusi Promises to End War in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 18 September 2019
President and Frelimo presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi, has been campaigning since Saturday in his homeland, Cabo Delgado. In rallies in seven districts he promised to end… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Political Parties Accused of Violating Human Rights
AIM, 18 September 2019
A prominent Mozambican NGO, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Tuesday accused the country's political parties of being the main violators of human rights during… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Gunmen Attack in Manica
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 18 September 2019
Gunmen attacked two cars before dawn today along the main N6 road from Beira to Chimoio. The attack was in the village of Zimpinga, Gondola district, Manica, a Renamo zone of… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Two Drown Fleeing Insurgents
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 18 September 2019
Thousands of people are besieged in the coastal villages of Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, unable to reach Macomia town, 60 km inland. To seek refuge in a safer area, people are… Read more »
InFocus
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At least ten people were killed in Mozambique during a stampede at a campaign rally of President Filipe Nyusi, just over a month ahead of general elections. The small stadium in ... Read more »
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Although Mozambique's government and the former rebel organisation, Renamo, finally signed a peace pact, the southern African country is haunted by a splinter group within Renamo ... Read more »
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Although the Mozambican government has reinforced the Defence and Security Forces presence in all districts where attacks by the unidentified armed groups operating in Cabo Delgado ... Read more »