Sociedade Notícias, which publishes Mozambique's largest newspaper, reported today that it is "facing difficulties in the print distribution" of its three publications due to post-election "violent demonstrations" across the country.
"The situation is worsened by limitations on the import of raw materials for printing, namely paper, inks and plates", from neighboring South Africa, reads a statement published on the front page of the daily Notícias.
The document adds that as a "transitional solution to mitigate the impact of this situation", and although "recognizing the relevance that the printed newspaper has for many" of its customers, Sociedade Notícias "is open" to providing access to the digital version of its three publications.
"The distribution of the newspapers 'Notícias', 'Domingo' and 'Desafio' in the printed version will resume with the necessary normality for the entire country as soon as conditions allow", concludes the statement.
At least 47 people were injured in clashes between protesters and police in the last five days of demonstrations contesting electoral results, Mozambican authorities announced on Monday, who also arrested 77 people.
The data indicates that 119 criminal cases were also initiated and submitted to the Public Prosecutor's Office.
The Mozambican police recorded the destruction, with the use of homemade bombs, of at least five police stations, four administrative posts, a registry office, an invasion and vandalization of a penitentiary establishment and arson attacks against four homes.
At least 103 people have died in post-election demonstrations in Mozambique since October 21, according to the non-governmental organization Plataforma Eleitoral Decide.
The president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, warned on Monday of the risk of "political solutions" in the face of post-election tension characterized by demonstrations and strikes in the country, arguing that they force the abandonment of the law.
"There is language that you used in your introduction, that we need solutions of a political nature and not police and military ones, but you could also say not legal ones, because sometimes, when you take a political measure, sometimes you abandon the law and This law is what binds us", argued Nyusi.
In a meeting with the country's private business sector, the head of state stated that he has held several meetings in search of solutions to the post-election crisis, in a scenario in which "many sensibilities conflict" in his proposals.
"Laws are made by people and we have to see at what moment we go for one solution or another to avoid creating cyclical precedents at the level of our country (...) The meetings we are developing tend to seek solutions and we can often be in a box, closed, thinking that we have better solutions", pointed out the President, also referring to the solution of a "political nature" proposed by businesspeople.
Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane called for a new phase of electoral contestation lasting one week, from 4 to 11 December, in "all neighborhoods" of Mozambique, with a stoppage of car traffic from 8am to 4pm (two hours less in Lisbon).
The announcement by the National Elections Commission (CNE), on October 24, of the results of the October 9 elections, in which it attributed victory to Daniel Chapo, supported by the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, party in power since 1975) in the election for President of the Republic, with 70.67% of the votes, popular protests were triggered, called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane and which have degenerated into violent clashes with the police.
According to the CNE, Mondlane came in second place, with 20.32%, but it does not recognize the results, which still need to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.
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