After Mozambique’s ruling party saw a contentious October election deliver them a contested win, the nation has been tense while the process of validation of the election was completed. Now that the election has been “officially validated,” the people have taken to the streets.
The people were met with violence by government forces, resulting in the deaths of 56 people in these latest clashes. So far, 186 people have been killed in clashes that have been occurring since the results of the contested election were first announced in October.
Mozambique Descends Into Chaos as Crisis Over Vote Intensifies– financialpost.com
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(Bloomberg) — A wave of violence spread across Mozambique following the validation of the ruling party’s victory in October’s disputed election, resulting in the deaths of at least 56 people in the African nation.
The death toll has risen to 186 since the unrest began on Oct. 21, according to Decide Platform, a local monitoring group. Rioters looted shops and torched police stations, while GardaWorld’s Crisis24 said that as many as 2,500 prisoners escaped from a maximum security jail outside Maputo, the capital. Authorities are trying to recapture the inmates, according to Crisis24.
