Armed forces in Maputo opened fire and used teargas to disperse the crowds gathering in the capital of Mozambique today, to support Venâncio Mondlane, the presidential candidate of Mozambique’s ...

The prisoners broke out of jail in Maputo following a riot which killed dozens, according to local police. Mozambique is facing violent unrest as political crisis deepens. Police in Mozambique ...

A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday. About 1,534 people escaped from the ...

Police general commander Bernardino Rafael on Wednesday said 150 of the prisoners who fled the prison in Maputo have been recaptured. Mozambique is experiencing escalating civil unrest linked to ...

By Tavares Cebola and John Eligon Tavares Cebola reported from Maputo, Mozambique, and John Eligon from Johannesburg. At least 56 people have been killed in Mozambique since Monday, a ...

About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of them were recaptured, according to the country's general commander of police, Bernardino Rafael. Mozambique is ...

police commander warns MAPUTO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on ...

By John Eligon and Tavares Cebola John Eligon reported from Johannesburg, South Africa, and Tavares Cebola from Maputo, Mozambique. Protesters set fires on the streets across the southern African ...

Amid the chaos, thousands of inmates also broke free from a prison in Maputo. Some 134 people were killed in the week of unrest, according to local NGO Plataforma Decide, taking the overall death ...

Screengrab of a video of the reported prison break. Hundreds or thousands of prisoners are believed to have escaped from a maximum-security prison in Maputo, Mozambique, amid post-election ...