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Electoral officials assault journalists

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On October 11, 2023, on the day of municipal elections in Maputo, officials in charge of a polling station installed in a primary school detained TV Sucesso reporter Coutinho Macanandze in one of the school’s rooms and physically assaulted him while four police officers looked on without intervening. His cameraman, Valdo Massingue, was prevented from entering the polling station to film the vote count.

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