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Mozambique: Authorities Must Immediately Open Investigation Into Summary Execution of Narciso Castigo Sambo

The execution-style police killing of Narciso Castigo Sambo is an egregious contravention of the right to life.

July 21, 2026

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Mozambique: Authorities Must Promptly Investigate Attempted Murder of Journalist Carlitos Cadangue

The attempted murder of journalist Carlitos Cadangue, who has been reporting on illegal gold mining in Mozambique, is gravely concerning.

February 5, 2026

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Mozambique: Authorities Must Bring Perpetrators to Justice for Reckless and Deadly Protest Crackdown

Mozambican security forces used reckless and unnecessary force in a widespread crackdown on protests following last October’s election, resulting in…

April 16, 2025

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Mozambique: Two Years Without Justice for Protester Shot in the Eye with Rubber Bullet

Inocêncio Manhique’s case is emblematic of the impunity that security forces enjoy in Mozambique.

March 17, 2025

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Mozambique: String of Shootings Targeting Opposition Supporters Underscores Urgent Need for Investigations

Mozambican authorities must urgently open investigations into all reports of human rights violations committed since the election.

March 11, 2025

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Mozambique: Authorities Must Investigate Reports of More than 300 Unlawful Killings During Post-Election Protest Crackdown

Mozambique’s new government must promptly open independent, effective and thorough investigations into all deaths, incidents of torture and other ill-treatment,…

February 27, 2025

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Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit To Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa

It’s time for the countries who caused all this devastation to pay up so African people can adapt to the…

November 4, 2024

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Mozambique: Authorities Must End Post-Election Assault on Protests Now

Mozambique’s authorities must immediately halt their escalating assault on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

October 31, 2024

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East and Southern Africa: Journalists Targeted Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Media

Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued to impose severe restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom.

May 3, 2024

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Two people walk among the burning rubbles in the Koudoukou market, in the PK5 district in Bangui on December 26, 2019, after clashes erupted when traders took up arms to oppose taxes levied by militia groups. - At least 11 people were killed in fighting between militiamen and traders in a restive district of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, two security officials and an imam said on December 26, 2019. The security sources said between 11 and 14 people died after clashes erupted late on December 25, 2019, while the imam, Awad Al Karim, said "16 bodies" had been brought to the local Ali Babolo mosque. (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES / AFP) (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images)

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Armed conflicts and state repression in Africa fuel cocktail of human rights violations

HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA: Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face…

April 7, 2020

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Mozambique: End brutal killing spree by armed group

The Mozambican authorities must take immediate steps to end a killing spree in the Cabo Delgado Province, which has seen…

June 7, 2018

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Irresponsible Chinese mining operation threatens to wipe out coastal village in Mozambique

An irresponsible Chinese mining operation in Mozambique has put an entire coastal village of more than a thousand people at…

March 28, 2018