Critics say ruling party is creating a false narrative to justify its heavy crackdown following disputed elections
Bloody protests in Mozambique over the country’s disputed general elections have escalated into an attempted coup, according to Frelimo, the governing party that was declared the victor in the polls. Alcinda de Abreu, spokesperson for Frelimo, which has held power since the country’s liberation from Portugal 49 years ago, said the violence amounted to an “assault” on a democratically elected government.
“There are tanks rolling in the streets, and people without uniforms carrying rifles and shooting to kill . . . who apparently belong to the police’s investigating arm. They shouldn’t be there. The streets resemble the site of a civil war,” Nuvunga said. By Friday, reports suggested the violence had eased, and the South African company Grindrod, which had closed the ports it operates in Maputo as the protests escalated on Thursday, resumed activity.
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