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

MAPUTO (Reuters) -A prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country's police ...

Some 1,500 prisoners broke out of jail in Maputo following a riot which killed dozens, according to local police. Mozambique ...

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 ...

Rioting in the capital, Maputo, coincides with escalating civil unrest linked to October's disputed elections in Mozambique.

Protests erupted on Monday in response to Mozambique's highest court confirming that the ruling Frelimo party, in power since ...

At least 322 inmates, out of a total of 1,534 who escaped a week ago following riots at two prisons in Maputo, have been ...

Mozambique’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) has set up a working commission in order to investigate the violation of ...

In the aftermath of the chaotic events on Christmas Day, Mozambique has continued to grapple with additional incidents of ...

More than 1 500 prisoners escaped from a Maputo prison Wednesday, taking advantage of the third day of unrest triggered by ...

Mozambique’s post-election chaos deepens as prisoners flee Maputo’s maximum-security facility, with numbers still disputed ...