2010 Mozambican protests

2010 Mozambican protests
Date	1–7 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
Methods	Demonstrations, Riots
Resulted in	Protests suppressed by force Decrease of Food prices

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 four were killed in riots in Maputo, hundreds and then thousands turned up in protest movements nationwide. 13 were killed in the subsequent general strike and riots. The wave of unprecedented violence was the largest since the end of the Mozambican Civil War.