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Riot Watch: Six Dead in Mozambique

A riot over price hikes in Mozambique has brought services to a halt  in the capital Maputo. At least six people have been reported dead, and hundred more  injured when the police fired shots to disperse crowds of people protesting  in the streets on Wednesday. The protesters barricaded roads, hurled rocks at cars,  set ablaze tires, and vandalized Warehouses of food distribution.

 

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Ndumba J. Kamwanyah

Ndumba Jonnah Kamwanyah, a native of Namibia in Southern Africa, is an independent consultant providing trusted advice and capacity building through training, research, and social impact analysis to customers around the world. Mos recently Ndumba returned from a consulting assignment in Liberia in support of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
In his recent previous life Ndumba taught (as an Adjunct Professor) traditional justice and indigenous African political institutions in sub-Saharan Africa at the Rhode Island College-Anthropology Department.

He is very passionate about democracy development and peace-building, and considers himself as a street researcher interested in the politics of everyday life.
Twitter: NdumbaKamwanyah