Mozambique: Mayor Denies Incitement to Violence

Maputo — The mayor of the northern Mozambican city of Nampula, Paulo Vahanle, on Wednesday denied police accusations that he has incited the citizens of Nampula to violence.

Last weekend Vahanle, who is a senior figure in the main opposition party, Renamo, made a speech at a municipal sports field, which the police interpreted as “incitement’.

He displayed traditional weapons such as spears and bows and arrows, and declared that, although Renamo has no guns, it is ready to use “rudimentary…