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Hunger Revolts and Citizen Strikes: Popular Protests in Mozambique, 2008-2012
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- Brito, Luis de (Author)
- Chaimite, Egídio (Author)
- Pereira, Crescêncio (Author)
- Posse, Lúcio (Author)
- Sambo, Michael (Author)
- Shankland, Alex (Author)
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Hunger Revolts and Citizen Strikes: Popular Protests in Mozambique, 2008-2012
Abstract
In February 2008 and September 2010, the cities of Maputo and Matola were the scene of violent protests against the rise in the cost of living, undertaken by groups of ordinary citizens. Immediately afterwards, these protests were replicated in some other Mozambican cities, but on a much smaller scale, and they were quickly brought under control by the police. In November 2012, a new protest was set in motion, but immediate repressive action by the police (which in recent years has been greatly strengthened in men and material) in the key places where people were gathering prevented the violence from spreading, although it did not prevent the near total paralysis of activity in greater Maputo for a day and a half.
Report Type
Food Riots and Food Rights project report
Place
Brighton/Maputo
Institution
Institute of Development Studies/Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Economicos
Date
2014-10-28
Language
en
Short Title
Hunger Revolts and Citizen Strikes
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02/11/2021, 22:48
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opendocs.ids.ac.uk
Extra
Accepted: 2014-10-30T10:10:14Z
Publisher: Institute of Development Studies
Citation
Brito, L. de, Chaimite, E., Pereira, C., Posse, L., Sambo, M., & Shankland, A. (2014). Hunger Revolts and Citizen Strikes: Popular Protests in Mozambique, 2008-2012 [Food Riots and Food Rights project report]. Institute of Development Studies/Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Economicos. https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4918
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