Some 6,000 prisoners broke free from a high-security prison in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Wednesday, according to ...

Police chief Bernardino Rafael said 33 prisoners died and 15 others were injured during a confrontation with the security forces.

The escape from the Maputo Central Prison, located 14 km southwest of the capital, started around midday Wednesday after ...

The management of Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), the largest in the country, acknowledged today that it is in a "critical ...

The Mozambican Prison Service (SERNAP) on Thursday announced that the authorities have so far recaptured 322 inmates of the 1,534 who escaped from the Maputo Central prison and the adjacent Top ...

Mozambique's largely deserted capital was hit on Tuesday by skirmishes between protesters and police, AFP reporters said, the ...

Hundreds of buildings were damaged or looted, including schools and hospitals, in a wave of unrest after Daniel Chapo was ...

Informal militias have sprung up in several neighbourhoods in Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola as panic-stricken residents seek to protect themselves against gangs of mysterious ...

Mozambique’s largely deserted capital was hit yesterday by skirmishes between protesters and police, AFP reporters said, the ...

The escape from the Maputo Central Prison, located 14 kilometers (9 miles) southwest of the capital, started around midday on Wednesday after “agitation” by a “group of subversive protesters ...

The country’s police chief, Bernadino Rafael, said the prisoners escaped from the Maputo Central Prison on Christmas Day, following what he called a “revolt”. At least 33 prisoners died and ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique. — At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country's police chief said, as widespread post ...