April 30
Mozambique: More Than 200 Registration Posts Extended Their Opening Hours
More than 200 of the over 1,000 registration posts visited by our correspondents on Sunday, the last day of registration, had to stay open later than the official closing time of… Read more »
Mozambique: AR Proposes District Courts Can Force Recounts, Allows CNE to Make Secret Changes
Parliament (AR) today debates electoral law changes, and the AR commission proposes only two important changes. If there are protests, the district court will first review the… Read more »
April 28
Mozambique: In brief
Insurgent attacks force evacuation of registration brigades in Chiure: Some villages in Chiure district were attacked by insurgents, and STAE evacuated registration brigades.… Read more »
Mozambique: In Renamo Zones, Voters Walk 20 km and Wait For Two Days in the Hope of Being Registered
The national head of social affairs of the MDM, pastor Maiba Wache, has denounced the existence of areas where the potential voters are obliged to walk for more than 20 km to… Read more »
Mozambique: Registration of Ghost Voters in Chókwè
Our correspondents in Chókwè, Gaza, saw non-existent voters being registered in some posts. During their observation rounds, they found typists introducing… Read more »
Mozambique: 93,000 Ghosts Registered in Inhambane, Where STAE Also Seems to Have Lied To Its Own CPE
More than 93,000 "ghost" voters, who do not exist, had already been registered in Inhambane by 20 April, one week for the end of registration today. This is the number of… Read more »
April 24
Mozambique: Drunken Policeman Opens Fire in Mavago
There was panic in the village of Lijombo 2, Mavago, Niassa, yesterday (Monday 22 April) when a drunken police agent began by insulting the nearby people and fired several shots in… Read more »
Mozambique: STAE Agent Killed By Elephant in Niassa
A 27 year old STAE civic education agent was trampled to death by an elephant while he was working to persuade potential voters to register. The incident happened in Cumela… Read more »
Mozambique: Collection of Card Numbers Stepped Up in Morrumbene
The observers from Mais Integridade (“More Integrity”) report that in Morrumbene directors of state institutions and neighbourhood leaders were instructed to collect… Read more »
Mozambique: Mobiles Collected at Dead of Night
In several districts of Inhambane, the mobile-IDs are being collected at night by STAE technical staff, and are returned early the following day, according to the observers from… Read more »
Mozambique: Publicity works - 2 When a Supervisor Arrives, Computers Suddenly Work in Alto Molócuè
In Alto Molócuè, we reported all last week that known Frelimo people could register, but would-be Renamo voters were told the Mobile-ID, the registration computer,… Read more »
Mozambique: Publicity works - 1 CNE Deputy Chair Finally Notices Nampula Has Too Few Registration Brigades
Fernando Mazanga, deputy chair of the National Elections Commission (CNE), has responded to our report last week (Bulletin 248, 16 Apr) by admitting that the CNE approved too few… Read more »
Mozambique: Observers Report 1 in 8 Registration Posts Not Working
Mais Integriadade observers visited 1792 registration posts in the week 14-20 April, and found 234 not working. This is 12% of registration posts - a high number and much higher… Read more »
Mozambique: STAE Agrees to Destroy Proof of Election Crimes in Muembe
The régulo (traditional chief) Chitalo, from the village of the same name in Lutuesse, Muembe, Niassa, submitted a list to the local registration post of 108 members of the… Read more »
April 13
Mozambique: Registration Has Not Yet Begun in Chihare
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 »
Mozambique: Registration Stopped Because of Shipwreck
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
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: In Maputo Some Posts Register Fewer Than Five Voters a Day
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: Protest Closes Registration Post in Manhiça
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: 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 »