MOZAMBIQUE: MAPUTO CITY RECORDS OVER 1,400 CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Maputo City recorded over 1,400 cases of domestic violence from January to September of 2023 against 345 cases recorded in the same period of 2022, according to figures released by the Mozambican Police (PRM). According to Ana Langa, head of the Department for Attending to Families and Minors Victims of Violence, at the PRM command in Maputo City, "the data from January to September shows that 1408 cases were recorded, compared to 345 in the same period last year.' Since cases of domestic violence have been recurrent in the municipal districts of KaMpfumu, KaMavota and Nhamankulu, the Police launched a campaign to neutralize all the fugitives indicted in the cases.