August 08, 2023
Mozambique: Morrumbala District Court Sentences 40 Teachers for False Registration
Forty teachers have been found guilty of registering as voters within Morrumbala municipality, although they do not live in the municipality. Their names were on the priority lists… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Mozambique: Chaotic Registration Data Suggests 90,000 People in Zambézia Can Vote in Municipalities Illegally
Municipal elections will be swamped by voters from outside the municipality in Zambézia province, which could affect the outcomes in Alto Molocue and Gurue which were… Read more »
July 04, 2023
Mozambique: Brigade Member Arrested for Denouncing Illegal Registration of 227 People in Mandlakazi
Brigade member Dercilio Nhantembo was picked up on Wednesday morning (7 June) by two police agents, who were transported in a white Toyota driven by the owner himself, Jonas Mathe,… Read more »
Mozambique: Nampula and Nacala Registry Offices Blocking Citizens Lists
Citizens lists as well as parties can stand in municipal elections, and must register with elections commissions by 14 July, in just two weeks. Citizens lists are proposed by… Read more »
Mozambique: Opposition Denounces Introduction of 5,000 Ghost Voters in Milange
The Renamo and MDM election agents in Milange, in Zambezia, are accusing STAE of changing the data in almost all the registration posts in the municipality. In all, more than 5,000… Read more »
Mozambique: 25,000 Register Improperly in Guruè
64,209 people registered in Gurue municipality which is 149% of the 43,024 voting age adults in the municipality, according to the district STAE in a 10 June report. STAE … Read more »
June 07, 2023
Mozambique: Thousands Fail to Register Due to Slowness and 'Breakdowns'
Final day confirmed that machine breakdowns really are manipulation Read more »
May 31, 2023
Mozambique: Cholera Outbreak Halts Registration in Nacala
STAE General Director Ignores CNE Decision to Suspend Beira STAE District Director Read more »
Mozambique: 200 Registration Brigades Short in North but 140 Extra in Gaza
The bias against opposition provinces is shown in the assignment of registration brigades. There are 9 921 625 potential voters and 3192 registration brigades, which means on… Read more »
Mozambique: Observers Find Most Nacala and Quelimane Registration Posts Have Problems, but Beira Improved
The opposition provinces of Nampula and Zambézia continue to suffer a registration crisis. Observers from the Mais Integridade civil society observation consortium found 89%… Read more »
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: Registration Has Not Yet Begun in Some Places
At Chondilo EPC, in Rovene locality, in Massinga, Inhambane province, the registration could begin on Wednesday, according to the director of the school. Read more »
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: Brigade Members Complain of Lack of Transport Allowances and Food
In the new municipality of Marracuene, in Maputo province, brigade members are complaining that so far they have not been given any money for transport. The brigade members say… 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 »