Mozambique: Two Aides of Mondlane Assassinated

Two top aides of Venâncio Mondlane gunned down  Read more »

Mozambique: Secret Counting, Illegal Polling Officials - Opposition Calls for National Strike

Caia court says 29 polling station chairs were in their posts illegally; criminal trials now possible Read more »

Mozambique: Fraud Was Done Openly, Observers Report

Fraud was so brazen that it was carried out in full view of observers, the civil society observer group Mais Integridade reported this morning (16 October). Ballot box stuffing,… Read more »

Mozambique: Podemos Will Be The Official Opposition

Support for Renamo and its head Ossufu Momade collapsed, and will have only 20 seats in parliament. Podemos is now the largest opposition party in parliament. 31 seats There could… Read more »

Mozambique: Record Low Turnout With Boycott in North

Turnout in this election matched the lowest ever for a national election, 43%. There was an effective boycott in the north with only 28% voting in Nampula and 33% in… Read more »

Mozambique: Ballot Bags Torn Open in Mandimba

A video made by opposition delegates shows a group of MMVs found in the act of tampering with plastic bags containing ballots in one of the local warehouses. Sorted ballots go into… Read more »

Mozambique: Podemos Accuses Frelimo of Planning to Grant Second Place to Renamo

Preliminary counts indicate that Renamo and Podemos will have similar numbers of members of parliament; the one with the most seats will become the official opposition. In a letter… Read more »

Mozambique: Teacher and Member of the Provincial Assembly Detained in Maganja

Aldino Material, a secondary school teacher who was standing for a further term as a member of the Zambézia Provincial Assembly, was detained by the police after he… Read more »

Mozambique: Fake Observer Caught Bribing Opposition Monitor To Ignore Frelimo Ballot Box Stuffing

Several thousand Frelimo party activists have been accredited as observers, in order to stuff ballot boxes. One was trapped and caught dramatically in a Maganja da Costa,… Read more »

Mozambique: Observers and Journalists Prevented From Observing District Count

Journalists and observers have been barred from attending some counts of the results at district level in Inhambane, Gaza, Niassa and Nampula. Read more »

Mozambique: Voting Today in Gilé, Maganja, and Germany

Voting will take place today in 28 polling stations that did not open Wednesday - 19 in Gilé and 4 in Maganja da Costa, both in Zambézia, and 5 in Germany, the CNE… Read more »

Mozambique: And Fake Observers in Zambézia

In the past few elections Frelimo has registered fake observers, mostly from Frelimo's Mozambican Youth Organisation (Organização da Juventude Moçambicana,… Read more »

Mozambique: EU Critical

The European Union and the European parliament held a joint press conference  yesterday, and they were critical. Both noted that polling station results sheets (editais) were… Read more »

Mozambique: Low Turnout Continues

Results are still preliminary, and later polling stations are often those with more votes to count. But it is clear that the turnout will be a record low, perhaps as low as 35%.… Read more »

Mozambique: Observers Confirm Widespread Ballot Box Stuffing

Ballot box stuffing is not new, but it was much more brazen and open in this election compared to past elections. EU observers actually witnessed ballot box stuffing in six… Read more »

Mozambique: After 23 Years - Accused Killers of Siba Siba Finally Charged

Banco Austral head Siba Siba Macuacua was thrown down the stairwell of his 15-storey bank headquarters on Av 25 de Setembro in Maputo 23 years ago, in an attempt to cover up an… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Could Publish Individual Polling Station Results Now, And Satisfy EU Demand

European Union and European Parliament observers Friday demanded that election authorities publish results for all the individual polling stations. The district results being… Read more »

Mozambique: Low Turnout Suggests Voter Boycott

Lower turnout suggests voter boycott Read more »

Mozambique: Lost Ballot Papers, Closed Voting Stations, Blocked Observers and Ballot Stuffing During Mozambique Polls

Many Zambézia polling stations without ballot papers on voting day Read more »

Mozambique: Morrembene in Imhambane Province Ignores National Election Commission Ruling

Demonstrations and tear gas as Morrembene STAE ignores today's CNE ruling Read more »

Mozambique: Observers Refused Credentials, Police Try to Block Mondlane

Observers sue Zambézia Electoral Commission for refusing credentials Read more »

Mozambique: MMVs Taught to 'To Do Everything Possible to Guarantee a Frelimo Victory'

In Chókwè, Gaza, polling station staff (MMVs) are instructed as part of their training “to do everything possible to guarantee victory for Frelimo”, one… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Using Food Meant for Hungry in Election Campaign - Report

Because of the lack of food during the training, some of those training for positions as MMVs in Quissanga have chosen to give up and return to their villages. These people were… Read more »

Mozambique: More Than 7,000 Observers Accredited

So far 7,051 national and 228 international observers have been accredited as well as, 1.204 Mozambican journalists and one foreign journalist, the CNE also announced at… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo and Venâncio Mondlane Have Not Yet Justified Their First Instalment of State Funds

The CNE spokesperson Paulo Cuinica said Monday (30 September) that 8 of the 37 parties have not yet received the second instalment of the election financing from the State, because… Read more »