The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has removed its advisory, issued on December 28, against all but essential travel to areas of Mozambique while the country stabilises after unrest in the wake of contested national government elections.
“The situation has improved since late December but there remains the potential for further sporadic unrest. Road toll gates are particularly vulnerable to protests at short notice,” states the travel advisory updated on January 31.
Warnings against all travel or all but essential travel to several towns in the Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces in the country’s far north are still in place due to the ongoing threat of “attacks by groups with links to Islamist extremism.”
Supporters of opposition leader and presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane embarked on a wave of nationwide protests in response to alleged vote-rigging in the October 9 election. Frelimo party candidate Daniel Chapo was inaugurated in January after the results of the election were upheld.
According to elections monitoring group Plataforma DECIDE, at least 300 protestors have been killed in military crackdowns against the demonstrations.
