More than 278 people have been killed, mainly by police, in the post electoral demonstrations, according to Platforma Electoral Decide. Of those, at least 176 were killed in the week 23-29 December.

An organization in Mozambique asked the nation’s attorney-general to probe “severe human-rights violations” after a jail ...

Kenya’s Rayton Okwiri (left) and Chikondo Makawa of Malawi joined by Kenya Professional Boxing Commission chairman Reuben ...

Mozambique government has instituted a commission of inquiry to investigate the mass escape of prisoners from two of its ...

The escape involved 1,534 prisoners from the Central Prison and the Maximum Security ... has caused panic in several neighborhoods in Maputo. The commission has not set deadlines for completion ...

Mozambique's capital, Maputo, is limping back to normal but residents ... escape of more than 1,000 inmates from a maximum-security prison is fueling wild rumors and prompted the creation of ...

A mass jail break has seen at least 6,000 people escape from a maximum security facility - leaving 33 prisoners dead and 15 others injured after violent clashes with security forces. Inmates ...

The escape from the Maputo Central Prison, located 14 kilometers (9 miles) southwest of the capital, started around midday on Wednesday after “agitation” by a “group of subversive protesters ...

Some 6,000 prisoners broke free from a high-security prison in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Wednesday, according to police authorities, as weeks-long post-election violence continues to rock ...

MAPUTO - Mozambique's capital ... while the daring escape of more than 1,000 inmates from a maximum-security prison is fuelling wild rumours and prompted the creation of neighbourhood patrols.

More than 1,500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison on Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party as the ...

The escape from the Maputo Central Prison, located 14 km southwest of the capital, started around midday Christmas Day after 'agitation' by a 'group of subversive protesters' nearby, Rafael said ...