The 2010 Mozambican protests were a series of food riots and deadly mass demonstrations sparked by spiralling food inflation and unemployment. Bread riots erupted on 1 September after a week of small strikes and turned into a street uprising, turning against the government, poverty, unemployment, inflation and hunger. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters were told to march and rally for their freedom and break the fear barrier. After four were killed in riots in Maputo, hundreds and then thousands turned up in protest movements nationwide. 13 were killed in the subsequent general strike and riots. The wave of unprecedented violence was the largest since the end of the Mozambican Civil War.[1][2][3]
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| Date | 1–7 September 2010 |
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| Methods | Demonstrations, Riots |
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References
edit- ^ "Deadly riots in Mozambique over rising prices". BBC News. BBC. 1 September 2010.
- ^ "Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming". TheGuardian.com. The Guardian. 4 September 2010.
- ^ "Mozambique bread riots spread as police shoot protesters dead". TheGuardian.com. The Guardian. 2 September 2010.
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