Mozambique: Nyusi's Electoral Law Veto Ensures Frelimo Victory on 9 October

At the last minute on 30 May, President Filipe Nyusi vetoed revisions to the electoral law agreed by consensus by parliament a month earlier. The veto ensures Frelimo victory in… Read more »

Mozambique: Will They Rubber Stamp a Huge Crime? STAE Asks CNE to Approve Registration of 1.2 mn Voters Who Do Not Exist

STAE has submitted to CNE for approval this week the final list 17.2 mn registered voters. But 1.2 mn of them cannot exist and must be false. Will the CNE approve? Read more »

Mozambique: Electoral Laws Remain With Wrong Calendar

President Filipe Nyusi has not yet promulgated the amendments to the electoral legislation that were passed by parliament a month ago, on 30 April. Thus the CNE is insisting on the… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Owes $54mn to Suppliers, Who Refuse Equipment for 9 Oct

Suppliers of election materials have stopped providing services because of accumulated debts, delaying the organization of the general elections scheduled for 9 October, National… Read more »

Mozambique: Registration Interrupted in Quissanga Because of Insurgent Threats

Voter registration has not finished in Quissanga district, Cabo Delgado. On 14 May, the registration brigades in the Mahate administrative post (Indigue, Namange, Nacoba and… Read more »

Mozambique: Everyone Knows Calendar is Wrong, But CC and CNE Refuse to Admit it

The CNE and CC are giving parties the wrong dates to submit candidates for the 9 October elections. The law approved by parliament three weeks ago, on 30 April, has still not been… Read more »

Mozambique: Gaza and Inhambane Ghosts Will Have 7 Seats in Parliament

Ghosts can register and vote without being seen and Gaza ghosts will have 6 seats in parliament and Inhambane ghosts 1 seat. But candidates for parliament must be real people who… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgent Food Raid on Macomia Was Big and Well Organised

The insurgent raid on Macomia town Friday morning 10 May was the largest and best organised since the insurgents took the coastal town of Mucojo, 40km east of Macomia town, on 10… Read more »

Mozambique: Who Profits From the Climate Emergency?

"Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5ºC above preindustrial levels this century", compared to the agreed… Read more »

Mozambique: What About The Gas?

Mozambique's huge off-shore gas field is controlled by two consortia. Area 1 nearest the coast is led by the French TotalEnergies and area 4 further off-shore by the US ExxonMobil,… Read more »

Mozambique: Big Rise in Insurgent Activity in Past Month

A major insurgent attack on Macomia town at 05.00 Friday morning (10 May) underlined the increase in insurgent activity since the end of Ramadan a month ago. An estimated 100… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Not Returning Voter Cards Collected Two Weeks Ago in Alto Molócuè

Frelimo political leaderships in many places have been collecting voters' cards, which supposedly belong to voters. In the municipality of Alto Molócuè, and in five villages in… Read more »

Mozambique: Assembly Candidates Must Be Submitted by 10 June; Presidential Deadline Extended to 25 June

43 parties, coalitions and citizens' lists have registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) for the 9 October election, the CNE said today in a press conference. The… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Admits Huge Fake Registration - More Than Half a Million Ghosts Can Vote in October

There are 587,941 more registered voters than there are voting age adults in Mozambique, the National Elections Commission admitted this morning. And it stressed that the figure is… Read more »

Mozambique: In Brief

Voter rolls on display until 3 May: The official period in which voters can consult the voter rolls displayed at the voter registration posts where they voters registered, in order… Read more »

Mozambique: Registration in Quissanga Begins on Wednesday

The training of brigade members for voter registration in the town of Quissanga ended on Monday (29 April) in Pemba, Cabo Delgado. Registration in Quissanga is scheduled to start… Read more »

Mozambique: STAE Told to Register Children in Nyamayabue

The number of potential voters seeking to register Nyamayabue, Mutarara, Tete has jumped. In the first fortnight of April, the Nyamayabue municipal area saw only 2 and 3 people… Read more »

Mozambique: Zimbabweans and Malawians Registering?

Zanu and the MCP may be mobilizing Zimbabweans and Malawians to register as Mozambican voters. The people benefit because their voters card serves as an ID document and they can go… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »