Over 1,500 prisoners escape in Mozambique amid unrest
Over 1,500 prisoners escape in Mozambique amid unrest

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as the winner of recent elections. A total of 1,534 detainees escaped the high-security prison located about...

21 killed in post-election violence in Mozambique
21 killed in post-election violence in Mozambique

Interior Minister Pascoal Ronda said at least 21 people were killed in Mozambique after the countrys Constitutional Council announced the final results of the October 9 general election in the country, reports Tass. The Verdade news portal quoted the minister as saying: After the Constitutional...

Cyclone death toll in Mozambique rises to 45
Cyclone death toll in Mozambique rises to 45

The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Mozambique has risen by 11 to 45, the National Institute of Risk and Disaster Management announced Wednesday. Initial figures released on Tuesday said the cyclone had claimed 34 lives after making landfall in Mozambique on Sunday at the northern Cabo Delgado...

Death toll rises in Mozambique as people rage against election result
Death toll rises in Mozambique as people rage against election result

Silvio Jeremias was on his way home from job at a petrol station in Mozambiques capital Maputo when he and his friends turned into protesters demonstrating against 25th Octobers election results, reports Guardian. According to the official result, the ruling Frelimo partys presidential candidate...

Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique
Protesters face bullets for political change in Mozambique

Theres a 16-year-old guy who was shot in the mouth, and his mouth was completely destroyed, an eyewitness said. Theres just a hole where his mouth was. Every time I close my eyes, I have that image in my head. The witness, Cidia Chissungo, 28, remained sleepless as she was documenting the scale...