2010 Mozambican protests

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 4 were killed in riots in Maputo, hundreds then thousands turned up in protest movements nationwide. 13 were killed in the next few days of general strikes and Riots. The wave of unprecedented violence was the biggest since the end of the Mozambican Civil War.[1][2][3]

2010 Mozambican protests
Date1–7 September 2010
Location
Mozambique
Caused by
  • Increase in Food Prices
  • High Unemployment and Poverty
  • Inequality and Racism
Goals
  • Decrease in prices and better living conditions
  • Fresh general elections
MethodsDemonstrations, Riots
Resulted in
  • Protests suppressed by force
  • Decrease of Food prices

References
  1. "Deadly riots in Mozambique over rising prices". BBC News. BBC. 1 September 2010.
  2. "Mozambique's food riots – the true face of global warming". TheGuardian.com. The Guardian. 4 September 2010.
  3. "Mozambique bread riots spread as police shoot protesters dead". TheGuardian.com. The Guardian. 2 September 2010.
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