Mozambique Elections: Government will use 'all available means' against protests
Mozambique: At least 11 killed, 16 shot in protests since Wednesday
2:44 CAT | 15 Nov 2024
Image: Plataforma Decide/X
At least 11 people have died and 16 others have been shot since Wednesday in three Mozambican provinces during protests challenging the results of the October 9 general elections in Mozambique, according to the Decide electoral platform.
According to a report released by the Decide electoral monitoring platform, which contains data from the last two days, seven deaths occurred in the province of Nampula, northern Mozambique, two in Zambézia, in the centre of the country, and two in Maputo province, in the south.
Demonstration stage data (13-15 November)
Updated at 10:4011 deaths in 2 days.🚨#DECIDE#MozambiqueProtests#MozambiqueElections pic.twitter.com/kQemzO8hbt
— Plataforma_decide (@PDecide23) November 15, 2024
Of the total of 16 people who were shot, 10 were cases recorded in protests in Nampula, three in Zambézia and another three in Maputo, the Mozambican non-governmental organisation (NGO) indicates.
The Decide platform also reported a total of 62 people were arrested in the provinces of Maputo, Manica, Nampula, Tete, Zambézia, Niassa, Gaza and the city of Maputo.
Mozambique is now in the third day of the fourth phase of strikes to contest the election results called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who denies the victory of Daniel Chapo, supported by the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, in power), with 70.67% of the votes.
According to the CNE, Mondlane came in second place, with 20.32%, but he said he does not recognize the results, which still have to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council, has in turn no set deadline for this purpose and is still analysing the dispute.
After street protests that paralyzed the country on October 21, 24 and 25, Mondlane once again called on the population to a seven-day general strike, starting on October 31, with nationwide protests and a demonstration concentrated in Maputo on Thursday, November 7, which caused chaos in the capital, with several barricades, burning tires and police firing shots and tear gas throughout the day to disperse the situation.
Venâncio Mondlane announced that the protests will continue until the electoral truth is restored.
Radiografia da Plataforma DECIDE nos 2 dias de manifestações, nesta considerada a 4a fase.#RTP#MozambiqueElections#MozambiqueProtests pic.twitter.com/fpCSVz6N32
— Plataforma_decide (@PDecide23) November 15, 2024
Source: Lusa
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