Mozambique Election Unrest Leaves at Least 67 Dead, Group Says
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Anti-riot police officers walk down Eduardo Mondlane Avenue past burning barricades made by protesters in Maputo, Mozambique, on Nov. 7.
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Mozambique’s post-election unrest has left at least 67 people dead over the past month, according to a local monitoring group that’s been tracking the violence.
The number far exceeds the 19 deaths that President Filipe Nyusi has disclosed. Plataforma Decide — the Portuguese name by which the group is known — has maintained a database detailing fatalities, injuries and detainees, its coordinator Wilker Dias said on Wednesday.