Mozambique journalists face killings and silence as repression deepens

Four Mozambican journalists have been killed or have disappeared since 2020, while others were attacked covering the country's post-election crisis in 2024. No one has been held to account. © Baptiste Condominas

Mozambique's journalists are facing growing pressure after years of killings, disappearances and attacks that have gone unpunished. Violence against reporters intensified after disputed 2024 elections, while a long-running system of intimidation has reached a new peak. This sixth instalment of Mozambique Exposed – an investigation coordinated by Forbidden Stories to which RFI contributed – examines how that climate of fear is reshaping the country's media.

Albino Sibia's final words were broadcast live on Facebook as he lay dying after being shot while covering a protest in southern Mozambique.