Mozambique: No Arrests in Post-Election Political Killings

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Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the October 2024 general elections, Human Rights Watch said today. Unidentified gunmen, some wearing security force uniforms, shot dead at least 10 key opposition party officials from October through March 2025.

Most of the people targeted had been involved in organizing national street protests contesting the…