April 22
Mozambique: OCHA Seeks $413m for Humanitarian Crisis in Northern Mozambique
VOA
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, known as OCHA, is seeking $413 million in emergency aid to support over 1 million people in northern Mozambique… Read more »
April 15
Mozambique: Pirates Release Ship Hijacked in Mozambique Channel
AIM
Somali pirates have released the Bangladeshi-flagged merchant vessel "Abdullah', hijacked over a month ago, long with its 23 member crew - but only after a ransom of five million… Read more »
Mozambique: Venancio Mondlane Barred From Running for Renamo Presidency
AIM
The National Council of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year's municipal… Read more »
Mozambique: Punch-up Between High Court and Constitutional Council Over Who is in Charge
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
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 13
Mozambique: In Maputo Some Posts Register Fewer Than Five Voters a Day
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Few new voters are registering in districts where most of the population registered last year for municipal elections, as the photo shows. Read more »
Mozambique: Fake Machine Breakdown Preventing Opposition Voters From Registering in Alto Molócuè
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
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 »
Mozambique: Registration Stopped Because of Shipwreck
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Since last Sunday (7 April) the registration post at the Quivulane EPC, in the Lunga administrative post, in Mossuril district, has been paralysed because of the tragedy of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Rains Paralyse Several Brigades in Zambézia and Tete
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Several registration brigades were forced to interrupt their activities in various districts of Zambézia province because of the rain that fell on Thursday. Our… Read more »
Mozambique: Protest Closes Registration Post in Manhiça
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The population of Chibucutso neighbourhood, in the municipality of Manhiça, closed the voter registration post, because they claimed the mayor of Manhiça, Luís… Read more »
Mozambique: Registration Has Not Yet Begun in Chihare
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Registration has not yet begun in Chihare locality, in Chonguene district, in Gaza. The population complains that no registration post has been set up there. Read more »
April 09
Mozambique: 4.4 Million Voters Registered in 24 days, But Money, Rain & War Cause Problems
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
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 »
Mozambique: CNE Does Not Notice Districts Ignoring Law to Block Observation
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
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
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
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: Protests Stop Registration in Three Districts
Mozambique Political Process Bulletin
Popular protests against the government have prevented registration in three places. In Gaza in Massingir the protests is about government failure to control elephants, and in… Read more »
Mozambique: Rain, Insurgency and Protests
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
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 »
Southern Africa: Statement On the Withdrawal of the SADC Mission in Mozambique From Cabo Delgado
SANF
Friday the 5th of April 2024 marks the beginning of the withdrawal of SAMIM Force. The Contingent to withdraw was the Elements of Botswana Contingent from Cabo Delgado in… Read more »
Mozambique: 20 Days of CIP Observation
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
"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 »
April 08
Mozambique: 'Misinformation About Cholera Outbreak' Led to 97 Boat Deaths
VOA
At least 97 people died when an overloaded boat capsized and sank off the coast of Mozambique late Sunday, state-run Radio Mozambique reported, citing local officials. Read more »
Mozambique: More than 90 Killed As Overcrowded Boat Sinks
DW
A makeshift ferry with nearly 130 people on board sank off the northern coast of Mozambique. Authorities said some passengers were attending a fair, while others were trying to… Read more »
April 07
Mozambique: Rwanda Govt Promises More Troops for Cabo Delgado
AIM
Rwanda intends to send more troops to the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to Brig-Gen Patrick Karuretwa, head of international cooperation in the Rwanda… Read more »
Mozambique: Central Committee Postpones Choice of Presidential Candidate
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The Central Committee of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party ended a two day meeting in the southern city of Matola on Saturday night, without taking any decision as to who will… Read more »
April 04
Mozambique: Nine Blinded Due to Self-Medication for Conjunctivitis
AIM
The health authorities at Nampula Central Hospital (HCN), in northern Mozambique, have been forced to remove the eyes of nine patients due to complications caused by… Read more »
Mozambique: Torrential Rain and Floods Forecast for Southern Mozambique Tonight
AIM
Mozambique's National Meteorology Institute (INAM) is forecasting torrential rain and floods for Friday in southern Mozambique. Read more »
Mozambique: Election Observers Intimidated and Threatened
AIM
Reports from four northern Mozambican districts indicate that local directors of the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) are attempting to prevent independent… Read more »
Mozambique: Veteran Calls for Discussion On Presidential Succession
AIM
Oscar Monteiro, a veteran of the Mozambican war for independence, and once a member of the Political Commission of the ruling Frelimo Party, under the country's first President… Read more »