April 13
Mozambique: Fake Machine Breakdown Preventing Opposition Voters From Registering in Alto Molócuè
Alleged breakdowns of the Mobile-ID computers in Alto Molócuè are deliberate. Our correspondents visited eight voter registration posts there and found "breakdowns"… Read more »
April 15
Mozambique: Punch-up Between High Court and Constitutional Council Over Who is in Charge
Both the High Court (TS) and Constitutional Council (CC) took their electoral battle to parliament last week. The district counts come under the High Court, which says the district… Read more »
April 09
Mozambique: 20 Days of CIP Observation
"CIP Eleições" last week (4 April) presented its findings of the first 20 days of voter registration, held ahead of the general elections scheduled for 9 October… Read more »
Mozambique: CNE Does Not Notice Districts Ignoring Law to Block Observation
The CNE criticises civil society for not knowing the law, but it does not respond to complaints about district elections commissions (CDEs) and STAEs violating the law. Read more »
Mozambique: CNE Data Shows Accreditation Blocked
The CNE does not recognise that some organisations such as the CIP have been blocked from gaining accreditation for correspondents and observers. But its table of 926 accredited… Read more »
Mozambique: Rain, Insurgency and Protests
The CNE reports that in Cabo Delgado almost all the posts are fully operational, with the 19 brigades still to be deployed in Quissanga District, which is still partly occupied by… Read more »
Mozambique: 4.4 Million Voters Registered in 24 days, But Money, Rain & War Cause Problems
More than half of eligible voters were registered in the first 24 days, the National Elections Commission (CNE) announced Tuesday (9 April). Registration closes Sunday 28 April.… Read more »
March 07
Mozambique: Government Has Disbursed Only 33% of the Election Budget
The budget forecast for this election year is about 19.9 billion meticais ($310mn). But government has disbursed only 6.5 billion meticais ($100mn), which is only one-third of the… Read more »
Mozambique: More Than 6,000 Brigades and 9,000 Registration Posts Will Be Set Up
The CNE also announced, in the same press conference, that to undertake the voter registration, 6,330 registration brigades will be set up, 6,033 inside Mozambique and 297 abroad. Read more »
Mozambique: CNE Expects 16.4 Million Voters for Next October's Elections
The National Elections Commission (CNE) on 22 February announced that it expects there will be 16.4 million voters registered for the general elections of 9 October, of whom… Read more »
Mozambique: Again, CNE Has More Registration Brigades in Frelimo zones
Placement of registration brigades has been published, and again there will be more teams in Frelimo areas than in Renamo ones, making it harder for Renamo voters to register. We… Read more »
Mozambique: Reward for Marromeu Chaos
Daniel Cuzaminho, STAE district director in Marromeu, was dismissed for organising the total chaos of the 11 October municipal elections that forced a 10 December re-run which was… Read more »
Mozambique: STAE Sacks Beira Head for "Beira Supervisors" WhatsApp Group
Beira City STAE District Director, Carlos do Rosario, was dismissed for his involvement in the creation of an illicit WhatsApp group, named "Beira Supervisors". Messages from the… Read more »
Mozambique: Head of STAE Operations in Quelimane Jailed For Printing Own Voters Cards
Vitorino de Azevedo, the head of operations of the Quelimane branch of STAE, has been found guilty, of producing voter cards on his own printing press, in the Quelimane… Read more »
March 25
Mozambique: Nampula Recorded Breakdowns and Power Cuts
Equipment problems plus power cuts and rain continue across the country. This is a report of Nampula province on the seventh day of voter registration, Thursday 21 March. Nampula… Read more »
Mozambique: Supervisor Abandons Post to Take Part in Frelimo Event
The supervisor of the voter registration post at the primary school in Murrupula-sede, Nampula, abandoned his post on 19 March, to participate in the meeting which formalised the… Read more »
Mozambique: Priority Voters in Larde, Nampula
On the sixth day of registration, brigade 410 at Nathere EPC, in Larde, Nampula, facilitated queue jumping of “priority voters”. To disguise this, and to deceive the… Read more »
Mozambique: Rain Halts Registration in Maputo
Torrential rain and flooding today (Sunday 24 March) caused widespread closures of registration posts in Maputo city, Matola and other zones in the south. Heavy rain is predicted… Read more »
Mozambique: Frelimo Collecting Information From Registration Computers in Namacurra
In Gaza and Tete the credentials for CIP were finally delivered last week. But in Maputo City, and in Maputo, Nampula and Zambézia provinces, we still have no credentials… Read more »
Mozambique: Four Provinces Have Still Not Accredited CIP Correspondents
In Gaza and Tete the credentials for CIP were finally delivered today last week. But in Maputo City, and in Maputo, Nampula and Zambézia provinces, we still have no… Read more »
March 28
Mozambique: Typist Stabbed to Death in Gilé
The police on 26 March reported the fatal stabbing of a typist at voter registration post no. 259, located in the Napote EP1, in Muiane locality, in the Alto Ligonha administrative… Read more »
Liberia: Zambézia Records Greater Voter Turnout
Our correspondents in several Zambézia districts report lengthy queues of potential voters at the registration posts visited. Read more »
Mozambique: Many Registration Posts Have Reopened in Maputo
Our correspondents report that many of the registration posts that were not working in the city and province of Maputo Monday due to torrential rains had reopened on Wednesday. In… Read more »
Mozambique: No Press Credentials and Frelimo Priority
Electoral authorities are repeating the misconduct of last's year municipal elections, registering Frelimo voters first the then when they get to opposition voters waiting in the… Read more »
Mozambique: Presidential Candidates: Frelimo and Renamo Divided and Both Delay Choice Til May
Frelimo has delayed until May its special Central Committee to choose its presidential candidate. There are major divisions within the party, no short list and no obvious… Read more »