A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday. About 1,534 people escaped from the ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique. (AP) — At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country's police chief said, as widespread ...

More than 6,000 prisoners escaped from a prison near Maputo on Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by the controversial confirmation of the long-ruling Frelimo party ...

A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday, as civil unrest linked to October ...

Several of those convicted of money laundering and other financial crimes in what has become known as the case of the “hidden debts” have been conditionally released, after serving half their prison ...

Authorities in Maputo said that more than 1,500 inmates also escaped the prison on the third day of unrest in the African nation triggered by the controversial judicial confirmation of the ruling ...

A Mozambican national who was among over a reported 1,500 escapees from a Maputo prison has been captured Prisoners broke out ...

MAPUTO - 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 ...

Amid the chaos, thousands of inmates also broke free from a prison in Maputo. Some 134 people were killed in the week of unrest, according to local NGO Plataforma Decide, taking the overall death ...

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