March 28
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 »
March 27
Mozambique: 26 Registration Sites Unable to Function in Marracuene District
The Marracuene district STAE announced on Sunday (24 March) that, of the 74 registration posts in the district, 26 do not have the minimum conditions for operating, after the rains… Read more »
Mozambique: 14-Year-olds Forge Documents to Register in Niassa
At the Malila EPC, 3 kms from the Majune district capital, in Niassa, our correspondents recorded 5 cases of falsification of personal documents by 14 year old adolescents. The… Read more »
March 26
Mozambique: In Tambara, Compulsory Donations to Frelimo
Frelimo has obliged all public employees who occupy positions of leadership to contribute between 500 and 5,000 meticais to pay an allowance to the Frelimo monitors in Tambara… Read more »
Mozambique: There Are Signs in Ibo, but Quissanga Remains Difficult
In Ibo district, Cabo Delgado, one of the areas most affected by the insurgency, electoral civic education activities began Monday (25 March) and there are promises that the… Read more »
Mozambique: A Week Later Attendance is Still Slow in Nampula
Our correspondents in Nampula report that potential voters are abandoning the voter registration posts because of the slowness in registering voters. Questions are being raised if… Read more »
Mozambique: Thanks to Donors, Registration Started in Rain, Causing Problems
Rain has disrupted registration across the country, and heavy cloud means that solar panels are not working well. This is because Mozambique has 14 different law governing… Read more »
Mozambique: Registration May Stop for Several Days in Maputo and Matola
Our correspondents in the cities of Maputo and Matola, and in the surrounding districts, report a sombre scenario in which the schools where voter registration brigades had been… Read more »
March 20
Mozambique: Illicit Charges in Ngaúma
Our correspondents in Ngaúma , Niassa, report polling station monitors charging between 20 and 50 meticais for each voter who wants to register. The monitors ask the police… Read more »
Mozambique: No Electricity And Solar Panels Causing Problems
The brigade at the Correia de Guava Mission, in Marracuene district, Maputo, has been unable to operate since the first day because of the lack of electricity and a non-working… Read more »
Mozambique: War and Rain Continue to Disrupt Cabo Delgado
In Chiure district, registration is only taking place within the municipality. No administrative post has an operational registration team. Officially, shortage of transport is… Read more »
Mozambique: But Few Registering in the South
But there has been a poor turnout at many registration posts, particularly in the south, even the districts that were not covered by the voter registration for the municipal… Read more »
Mozambique: High Turnout in Many Rural Zones
Inhambane turnout is mixed, with high turnout in Funhalouro district. In the Natal Ngovene Primary School, in Mabote district, there were enormous queues on the second day, and the… Read more »
Mozambique: Priority to Frelimo Members in Sofala
In Inharongue and Danga EPCs, Buzi, Sofala, registration brigade members have allegedly been instructed to attend first to Frelimo members who come with the saguta (village heads)… Read more »
Mozambique: CIP Observer Credentials Blocked
CIP is being denied press credentials in Maputo City, Maputo province, Gaza, Nampula and Tete, despite applications have been made two to three weeks ago. In Cabo Delgado, Niassa,… Read more »
March 18
Mozambique: Normality in Other Provinces
By 09.00 Maputo city registered few new voters. There were none at Quisse Mavota Secondary School, Maxaquene EPC, the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education of the Eduardo… Read more »
Mozambique: Delayed Start in Cabo Delgado
Wars and heavy rain earlier this month delayed the start of registration in Cabo Delgado. Read more »
Mozambique: Starting in the Rain
Various delays and law changes forced the start of registration in the rainy season. In Manhiça district, Maputo province, the day was marked by difficulties in access to… Read more »
Mozambique: Bad Start in Many Places - Even District Administrators Had Problems Registering
In Zambézia two district administrators had trouble registering. In Ile District, it took 30 minutes to register district administrator Onório das Dores Pereira Vaz… Read more »
Mozambique: Bad Start in Many Places - Even District Administrators Had Problems Registering
In Zambézia two district administrators had trouble registering. In Ile District, it took 30 minutes to register district administrator Onório das Dores Pereira Vaz… Read more »
March 17
Mozambique: Crowds Registering in Rural Areas, But as Last Year, Many Problems
Voter registration began Friday with crowds in some rural areas but few people in cities, our team of more than 400 correspondents reported yesterday. This was expected. Last year… Read more »
February 20
Mozambique: 25 Years of Electoral Fraud, Protected By Secrecy
From declaring Joaquim Chissano president in 1999 when Afonso Dhlakama had the most votes, to naming Frelimo victor in Maputo and Matola when Renamo had most votes in 2023,… Read more »
February 14
Mozambique: Note on Mozambique's Court System
The Ministério Público (MP) is the Public Prosecutor (and not a ministry, despite the name). Under the MP are: Read more »
Mozambique: Renamo Proposes a Number of Individual Changes.
To stop Frelimo naming polling station staff, Renamo calls for the jury composed of the director, deputy directors (Frelimo and Renamo), and a technician from the third party… Read more »
February 15
Mozambique: Recounts Instead of Secret Changes
Renamo would bar most of the current secret changes by STAEs and electoral commissions, and replace them with recounts. as in most democracies. It proposes: "The District Judicial… Read more »