April 09
Mozambique: Rain, Insurgency and Protests
The CNE reports that in Cabo Delgado almost all the posts are fully operational, with the 19 brigades still to be deployed in Quissanga District, which is still partly occupied by… Read more »
Mozambique: 20 Days of CIP Observation
"CIP Eleições" last week (4 April) presented its findings of the first 20 days of voter registration, held ahead of the general elections scheduled for 9 October… Read more »
March 28
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 »
Liberia: Zambézia Records Greater Voter Turnout
Our correspondents in several Zambézia districts report lengthy queues of potential voters at the registration posts visited. 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 »
March 27
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 »
March 26
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: 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: 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: 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 »
March 25
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 »
March 20
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: High Turnout in Many Rural Zones
Inhambane turnout is mixed, with high turnout in Funhalouro district. In the Natal Ngovene Primary School, in Mabote district, there were enormous queues on the second day, and the… Read more »