Mozambique: Teacher and Member of the Provincial Assembly Detained in Maganja

Aldino Material, a secondary school teacher who was standing for a further term as a member of the Zambézia Provincial Assembly, was detained by the police after he assaulted an opposition monitor who was trying to neutralise an individual carrying a list of supposed members of Frelimo. It is believed that this was a list of those who would vote fraudulently.

It all began when the opposition monitors discovered the attempted fraudulent scheme, and immediately intercepted the person with the…