Mozambique boosts security in capital over demonstration fears

Mozambican security forces deployed on the streets of the capital Maputo on Thursday after rumors of planned anti-government demonstrations circulated on social media, witnesses said. Several anonymous messages spread via SMS and Whatsapp said groups were planning to march on Friday against government corruption, in particular secret borrowing that could cripple the economy in one of the world's poorest countries. At the root of the public anger is as much as $1.35 billion in loans taken out in