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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Mozambique: Registration May Stop for Several Days in Maputo and Matola

Our correspondents in the cities of Maputo and Matola, and in the surrounding districts, report a sombre scenario in which the schools where voter registration brigades had been… Read more »

Mozambique: Illicit Charges in Ngaúma

Our correspondents in Ngaúma , Niassa, report polling station monitors charging between 20 and 50 meticais for each voter who wants to register. The monitors ask the police… Read more »

Mozambique: No Electricity And Solar Panels Causing Problems

The brigade at the Correia de Guava Mission, in Marracuene district, Maputo, has been unable to operate since the first day because of the lack of electricity and a non-working… Read more »

Mozambique: War and Rain Continue to Disrupt Cabo Delgado

In Chiure district, registration is only taking place within the municipality. No administrative post has an operational registration team. Officially, shortage of transport is… Read more »

Mozambique: But Few Registering in the South

But there has been a poor turnout at many registration posts, particularly in the south, even the districts that were not covered by the voter registration for the municipal… Read more »