The governments of the United States, Britain, Canada, Norway, and Switzerland on Wednesday jointly condemned the escalating violence against civilians in Mozambique, a southern African nation currently embroiled in weeks of post-election protests.<\/p>\n
“We call on the Government of Mozambique to uphold the role of security forces to protect the people of Mozambique,” the countries said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n
Public outrage has surged after last month’s\u00a0disputed election results, which sparked protests from opposition supporters.<\/p>\n
The opposition is contesting what they say is a fraudulent victory by Frelimo, the party that has governed Mozambique since 1975.<\/p>\n
The election result saw Frelimo extend its five-decade rule with its candidate, Daniel Chapo, succeeding President Filipe Nyusi to become Mozambique’s fifth president since its independence from Portugal.<\/p>\n
Footage obtained by Reuters and shared on social media on Wednesday showed an armoured vehicle ploughing through a crowd of protesters in the capital, Maputo, hitting a woman.<\/p>\n
In response to the incident, Mozambique’s army released a statement expressing deep regret over the accident, saying that the vehicle that was part of a properly marked convoy “accidentally ran over a citizen”.<\/p>\n
The embassies of the five countries have called for an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n
Local monitoring group Plataforma Decide said last week at least 67 people were killed due to the unrest between mid-October and mid-November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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