Mozambique: MDM Activist Kidnapped and Beaten in Beira

Maputo — Unknown assailants kidnapped and severely beat a senior figure in the opposition Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) on Saturday night in the central city of Beira.

The MDM activist, Ricardo Lang, is a member of the Beira Municipal Assembly, and a former chairperson of the Assembly.

Lang told the independent television station STV that he had left a bakery at about 22.00, but was forced to get out of his car when another vehicle hit him in the back.

He was looking at the damage to the…