Mozambique: Polling Opens Normally, Mixed Turnout

Polling opened normally across the country, with few problems. But turnout is very mixed with low turnout in some areas and high turnout elsewhere, particularly in Nampula,… Read more »

Mozambique: Violence Stops Some Voting in Cabo Delgado

Ten polling stations are unlikely to open in Cabo Delgado tomorrow due to the violence and local people fleeing to safer areas, reports Sala da Paz. They have 5400 voters and these… Read more »

Mozambique: Police Guarantee Voting Security

"Enough staff are mobilized to ensure security and safety in this voting process. In some regions of Cabo Delgado, Defence and Security Force operating units have been deployed to… Read more »

Mozambique: Four Provinces Blocking Independent Observation

Four provinces are trying to prevent independent observation - Nampula, Zambezia, Tete and Gaza. With no time left, 3103 EISA observers still do not have credentials. EISA is the… Read more »

Mozambique: 36 Dead in Accidents and 9 Murders

The number of deaths since the start of the election campaign has risen to 45. Police report nine cases resulting from traffic accidents, but the daily Bulletin records point to 38… Read more »

Mozambique: Gaza Training to Block Observers

Polling station staff (MMVs) in Gaza Province were instructed during training to violate the electoral law to frustrate observation. The law specifies that during the count in the… Read more »

Mozambique: Battle to Control Voting

Electoral management bodies in Mozambique have fallen into disrepute and increasingly, after voting, people want to remain in the vicinity of polling stations to "control or… Read more »

Mozambique: Ruling Party Continues to Collect Voter Cards

Frelimo members continue to collect voter cards across the country, despite the president of the National Election Commission (CNE) Sheik Abdul Carimo publicly condemning the… Read more »

Mozambique: Is it Too Late For Military to Save Elections?

The army shelled an insurgent base in Cabo Delgado on the night of 7-8 October, "which resulted in the annihilation of a considerable number of the wrongdoers," the Defence… Read more »

Mozambique: Keeping the Internet Open for a Free Election

No plans to cut or restrict the internet are indicated for the 15 October election. Other countries have cut social media and internet during elections, but Mozambique has a good… Read more »

Mozambique: Gondola Administrator's Car Attacked and Burned

Five people were injured and a protocol vehicle of the Gondola administrator, Moguen Candieiro, was reduced to ashes as a result of an attack by gunmen in Amatongas, Gondola… Read more »

Mozambique: Russians Accused of Helping Ruling Party Backers to Break the Law

The Russian International Anticrisis Centre (IAC), which already intervened in the South Africa election, is now backing Frelimo in the Mozambican election. Frelimo's social media… Read more »

Mozambique: Electoral Commission's Secrecy Promotes Fake News

The National Elections Commission (CNE) has become less transparent. It hardly uses Facebook and does not use its website. Few details have been released about party finance,… Read more »

Mozambique: Govt Disburses U.S.$2,9 Million to Fund Election Campaigns

The disbursement was delayed, but more than $1.4 mn has now been given to 27 political parties and coalitions. Distribution details remain secret, but it is possible to calculate… Read more »

Mozambique: Neighbourhood Head Arrested for Collecting Voter Card Numbers

The head of neighbourhood 9 in central Xai-Xai, Gaza, was arrested yesterday afternoon for making a list of voters card numbers of residents of neighbourhoods 8 and 9. During… Read more »

Mozambique: We Will Not Surrender Power, Says Ruling Party's Candieiro

In many places across the country today, Frelimo turned ceremonies for 25 September into party rallies. Today (25 September) is the anniversary of the first shot of the… Read more »

Mozambique: Campaign Money Creates Confusion Among Frelimo Members

Frelimo supporters in Nicoadala got into an uproar Wednesday morning at the party's district headquarters, when District Secretary Agostinho Armando said he wanted to use money… Read more »

Mozambique: Ruling Party Accused of Collecting Voter Cards Across the Country

Frelimo members and supporters are collecting voters cards for unknown purposes across the country, our correspondents report. Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo Reports Threats and Attacks in Nampula

Strangers partially destroyed the home of a Renamo supporter while he was in the campaign activities in the village of Niosi, Malema district, Nampula, on Wednesday evening (18… Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo Supporters Kidnapped in Manica

A husband and wife, both Renamo supporters, were reported missing at dawn on Thursday in the village of Magotha in Tambara district of Manica. Neighbors of the couple told the… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgents Attack Again and Threaten Macomia Elections

Insurgents again attacked Quiterajo, Macomia district, Cabo Delgado. The attack Wednesday (18 September) started around 7 pm and lasted until 4 am Thursday. In about 10 hours, 6… Read more »

Mozambique: Police Boss Transferred for not Backing Ruling Party

Since the beginning of the election campaign our correspondents across the country have reported cases of lack of impartiality, overzealousness and inaction by police officers,… Read more »

Mozambique: At least Five Ruling Party Supporters Die in Road Accident

5-10 people were killed and 50 injured when an open truck with 57 Frelimo supporters came off the road on a hill near Songo, Tete, this afternoon, Sunday 22 September. The people… Read more »

Mozambique: Fight Over Water Source Results in 23 Injured and Burned Houses

At least 23 people were injured and two homes partially burned in a fight in the Matalane neighborhood, Nacala Porto, perhaps as a result of a water source dispute between Frelimo… Read more »

Mozambique: Car Crash Kills Three in Nampula

Three people died and eight were injured as a result of a car accident on Saturday (21 September) in Nampula. The car involved in the accident was heading towards Ribaue and was… Read more »