The problems in another African nation are sadly not only predictable, but on schedule as another corrupted national election appears to have taken place. The stories started filtering out about two weeks ago:
CIP Mozambique Elections: Morrembene ignores Tuesday’s CNE ruling, causing riot and tear gas – via Club of Mozambique website
The Citizens of Mozambique Taking it to the Streets in Protesting Against the Rigged Elections.
— Nwa ❤️ (@Nwaadaz) October 17, 2023
The president of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), Ossufo Momade, called on Sunday for “peaceful” demonstrations across the country, starting on 17 October, against what he… pic.twitter.com/uaZhFlD1wD
And in the past week, court hearings were conducted to discern some rulings related to the legality of parts of the national elections:
Mozambique: Observers and Journalists Prevented From Observing District Count – via allAfrica.com
Mozambique: Secret Counting, Illegal Polling Officials – Opposition Calls for National Strike – via allAfrica.com
Mozambique government welcomes probe into massacre at TotalEnergies gas plant – via Politico.EU
Naturally, events began to spiral out of control in the past several days:
Mozambique: Two Aides of Mondlane Assassinated – via allAfrica.com
It has been getting progressively worse each day.
Mozambique: Opposition Member Dias Killed Writing Draft of Party Appeal to Concourt -via allAfrica.com
Mozambique Police Storm Opposition Headquarters Amid Strike Calls -via allAfrica.com
As Mozambique teeters on the brink of political instability and violence following the recent controversial elections, riot police in capital, Maputo, fired tear gas to disperse a crowd protesting against alleged electoral fraud days after two opposition allies were shot dead.… pic.twitter.com/fJ2qEgz42z
— TheNewsHawks (@NewsHawksLive) October 22, 2024
Mozambique Opposition Calls Strike Amid Election Fraud Claims and Assassinations -via allAfrica.com
Then the government began cracking down, as the protests became more violent.
Police in Mozambique disperse opposition protest after disputed election – via Al Jazeera
US urges probe into killings of two Mozambique opposition figures – via VOA News
EU observers say ‘irregularities’ in Mozambique vote results – via The Arab News, Saudi Arabia
And now the opposition today is calling for another nationwide strike and shutdown of the country.
Mozambique: Post-election violence flares up as opposition calls for another shutdown – via The Africa Report
It’s sort of normal however when former communists seize a nation, run it into the ground, sell off their resources then suddenly wonder why there are protests against the election results. Perhaps the United States should take note of this problem also.
Or perhaps there are foreign actors stirring things up there as a massive natural gas field was recently discovered.
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