May 31, 2023
Mozambique: Boundary Change or Just Recognition Means 30 Households Unable to Register
Residents of the so-called "Magude neighbourhood" which, they say, in the past belonged to the Luís Cabral neighbourhood, in Maputo City, were surprised that they now belong… Read more »
Mozambique: Guro STAE District Director Threatens and Hinders Observation
The Manica Civil Society Platform (PLASOC) said observers in the Guro town Secondary School was stopped by the STAE district director, Dinis Braunde, from noting down information. Read more »
Mozambique: Empty Registration Posts in Massingir, Gaza
In Massingir the registration posts visited – namely, the Graça Machel Secondary School, mobile brigades nos. 305 and 306, 6th neighbourhood EPC, and the… Read more »
Mozambique: Registration Posts Almost Deserted in Gaza
Over four days our correspondents visited 25 registration posts, at various times, in six districts of Gaza province and they describe an absence of voters in most of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Ibo Has Already Registered 186% of its Voters
The island of Ibo has registered 6,000 voters more than the 7,200 than was predicted by the National Statistics Institute. Ibo is sheltering war-displaced people from the… Read more »
May 12, 2023
Mozambique: Nocturnal Registration Post Discovered in Matola
Another registration computer and its respective printer were discovered and confiscated on Wednesday (10 May), in São Dâmaso neighbourhood, in Matola municipality,… Read more »
Mozambique: In Matola, Monitors Block Attempt to Register 50 Frelimo Members Bussed in From Moamba
A bus of the Matola Municipal Public Transport Company (ETM) was held on Tuesday (9 May) by monitors of the opposition parties, in Matola city, with more than 50 Frelimo members on… Read more »
May 10, 2023
Mozambique: 31% of Potential Voters Registered in 17 Days
The National Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday that 3.1 million voters have registered in the first 17 days of voter registration, which corresponds to 31.33% of the 9.9… Read more »
Mozambique: Observers Report More Problems and Misconduct in Second Week
The registration process deteriorated in the second week, according to the only civil society observer group, Mais Integridade. They report registration posts having to suspend of… Read more »
May 09, 2023
Mozambique: District Director of STAE Transported Material for Clandestine Registration in Iapala
The district director of STAE in Ribauè, Charles João Amade, transported the election materials to the administrative post of Iapala in the dead of night, concludes a… Read more »
Mozambique: Problems in Nampula Registry Office are Blocking Citizens Lists
An alleged problem in the systems of the Registry Office for Legal Entities, in Nampula, may prevent groups of citizens from running candidates for the municipal elections in that… Read more »
April 28, 2023
Mozambique: Frelimo Monitor Accused of Double Registration
In Alto Molócuè, in Zambézia, a Frelimo monitor named Pereira Pilima, registered first in the Pista Velha registration post, and then at the Malua 2 EPC post,… Read more »
Mozambique: First Violence Between Frelimo and Renamo
Our correspondents in Angoche and Chimoio, in Nampula and Manica provinces respectively, reported acts of violence last Sunday (23 Apr), involving monitors from Frelimo and Renamo. Read more »
April 19, 2023
Mozambique: 10 Million Voters Can Register Starting April 20
10 million can register to vote Read more »
April 12, 2023
Mozambique: Graça Machel Opposes 'Climate of Fear'
Graça Machel speaks out 'Make those who oppress us feel fear' Read more »
April 11, 2023
Mozambique: Mocímboa da Praia Hosts electoral Civic Education Campaign, Last flight with Election Material Lands in Maputo
Mocímboa da Praia hosts electoral civic education campaign in Cabo Delgado Read more »
April 03, 2023
Mozambique: Who Will Blink First in the Latest Renamo-Frelimo Stand-off?
While Nyusi Received Plaudits in New York for Peacebuilding, Back Home the Process is at Risk Read more »
Mozambique: Credit Suisse and its Backers Pay the Price for Secret Debt and Other Frauds
From 2012 Credit Suisse (CS) bribed senior Mozambicans to take a totally useless $2bn loan, which helped to save the bank - one of the very big global banks and supposedly… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Mozambique: Is Ossufo Momade Resigned to No District Elections?
Renamo seems to have accepted the decision of Frelimo to cancel the holding of district elections in 2024. According to Ossufo Momade, Renamo "has no answer to give", but it was… Read more »
Mozambique: CNE and STAE Have Not Yet Been Told the Boundaries of the New Municipalities
A few days from the start of voter registration, the Government has not yet sent to the electoral administration and management bodies the territorial demarcations of the 12 new… Read more »
Mozambique: 2023 Municipal Elections: STAE and CNE Still Have No Money
STAE and the CNE do not have the money for the voter registration, which begins in 40 days, because the government gave them a dud cheque, without the money to cover it in the… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Mozambique: Pilot Registration: Small Problems in Matutuine and Moamba
The pilot voter registration is continuing to run without upsets. With correspondents in six of the nine districts, the Bulletin has observed that the equipment used in the past… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Mozambique: Pilot Voter Registration Begins on 1 February
The pilot registration will last for 20 days and will take place in 15 administrative posts in three provinces, namely Maputo, Manica and Nampula. The administrative posts to be… Read more »
Mozambique: Tight Calendar in Public Tender for Selection of Election Commission Members in 12 Municipalities
This week (on 16 January) the public tender was launched for selecting the members of the Elections Commissions of the country's 12 new municipalities. The closing date for the… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Mozambique: Pilot Voter Registration Will be in Magude, Moamba and Matutuine
From sources in the CNE, we have learnt that in Maputo province, between 1 and 20 February this year, the pilot registration, preceding the full voter registration, will be held in… Read more »