Overview
- On February 4 in Chimoio, masked men in police uniforms fired dozens of rounds at Carlitos Cadangue’s car as he drove home with his son, and both were unharmed.
- Cadangue reports receiving death threats after exposing illegal gold mining and river pollution in Manica, work that authorities cited in suspending mining operations.
- President Daniel Chapo directed police to investigate and bring those responsible to justice, stating that press freedom must prevail.
- The National Union of Journalists’ Manica branch demanded a swift, transparent and independent inquiry and warned it may stop covering government events without one.
- Amnesty International called for a prompt, impartial investigation and pointed to a wider pattern of attacks on the press, referencing the 2023 killing of João Chamusse and the 2025 disappearance of Arlindo Chissale.