March 07
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: Solar Panel Problems
There are solar panels in registration posts which are off the electricity grid. But they do not generate enough electricity to power the Mobiles. This is the case with the posts… Read more »
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: Illicit Charges Denounced in Cabo Delgado and Nampula
After the denunciation made by our correspondents in Niassa, today there are reports of illicit charges at the voter registration post in Cabo Delgado and Nampula. At the Nanhala… Read more »
Mozambique: Battery Run Down as Computer Used for Games
In Balama district, Cabo Delgado, brigade members have nobody to register, and use their Mobile-IDs (registration computers) to play video games, which runs down the charge of 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 »
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 »
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 »