By Paul Fauvet
Maputo, 30 Oct (MOZTIMES) – Mozambique’s fugitive opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has promised a week of strikes and demonstrations, and even a march on Maputo explicitly intended to overthrow the government.
This is “stage three” of the opposition protests, largely against election fraud. Phase one was what Mondlane called “a national general strike” on 21 October. Phase two was two days of demonstration last Thursday and Friday, which often degenerated into clashes between the police and demonstrators.
On Tuesday night, speaking on a live Facebook feed from an undisclosed location somewhere outside the country, Mondlane laid out his plans for stage three. “We shall begin a new cycle”, he said.
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