Mozambique Begins Hearing Into Police’s Role in Post-Election Violence and Killings

Hearings Should Lead to Accountability and Reform

On July 7, the former commander-general of the Mozambican police, Bernardino Rafael, whom the President dismissed in January 2025, appeared before the Office of the Attorney General (Procuradoria-Geral da República) for a hearing about the police’s involvement in the killing of about 400 people during the civil unrest that followed last year’s elections.

The attorney general had already announced the opening of 31 criminal proceedings against…