Mozambique: Schools Close So Teachers Can Campaign For Frelimo

The Ministry of Education is tightly controlled by Frelimo. Teachers and school directors are expected to campaign and vote for Frelimo. Often, all teachers are registered at a… Read more »

Mozambique: Campaigning Without Punch-ups

A main form of campaigning is parades and caravans of supporters - in cars, on bicycles, on foot - with party banners. When caravans meet, they often exchange insults and even… Read more »

Mozambique: Use of State-Owned Vehicles

Our correspondents reported four cases of the use of State vehicles on Saturday in Chongoene (Gaza), Beira (Sofala), Quelimane (Zambézia), Nangade and Ibo (Cabo Delgado). In… Read more »

Mozambique: Destruction of Campaign Materials Continues

On the first day of the campaign more than 20 cases were recorded of the vandalisation of election campaign materials. Frelimo is the party that suffered most from destruction of… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgency Threatens the Election Campaign in Cabo Delgado

Some parties report they are afraid to campaign in Cabo Delgado districts affected by the insurgency, particularly in Muidumbe, Quissanga, Chiure, Macomia, Mocimboa da Praia, Palma… Read more »

Mozambique: Campaign Opens Slowly - Fear in Cabo Delgado, Some Violence, Vandalising Posters and Misusing State Cars

The electoral campaign started slowly this weekend. Parties are afraid to campaign in Cabo Delgado. There have been a few violent confrontations. As is common in Mozambican… Read more »

Mozambique: President Prevents Parliament From Solving The Battle Over Recounting Votes

The question of whether the district courts can or cannot order recounts of votes remains unresolved, because the Assembly of the Republic (AR) says it cannot act because President… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Says CAD is not a coalition, So Rejects Its Lists of Candidates

Venancio Mondlane's attempt to have candidates stand for parliament and provincial assemblies has failed, although he will still stand as an independent candidate for President.… Read more »

Mozambique: IMF Imposes Wage Cuts, Accepts 'Weak Non-Mining Growth' So Mozambique Remains Just Mineral Exporter

The IMF has imposed a major wage freeze, which implies wage cuts over the next three years. In effect, government has agreed that its total wage bill of $3.3bn this year must fall… Read more »

Mozambique: UK & US Subsidies Take Electric Car Battery Jobs Away From Mozambique

Workers in Vidalia, Louisiana, USA began producing anodes for lithium batteries for electric cars in February, using graphite from Balama, Cabo Delgado, mined by Australian company… Read more »

Mozambique: Government Admits Huge Rise in Poverty - Mozambicans Who Are Poor Jumped From 46% to 65% in a Decade

The 20-year-development plan approved by the Council of Ministers Tuesday (17 June) admits the past decade has been a disaster. "Lower than expected economic growth resulted in… Read more »

Mozambique: Praising Health and Smashing Education

Improvements in health are notes by ENDE, while education is heavily criticised. Read more »

Mozambique: Economic Diversification is Essential But is Not Happening, Says ENDE

GDP has been growing at 7% per year for two decades, yet poverty increases. Changing this requires "economic diversification", which is not happening, admits ENDE. In 2022, 75% of… Read more »

Mozambique: A High Risk Strategy

The ENDE ends with a set of risks. One is that "the risk of poor diversification of the economy (industrialisation, production, productivity, technology and innovation) can result… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Approves Fraudulent Registration of 878,868 Non-existent Voters

The CNE today announced total registration figures and admitted that they include 878,868 registered voters that the National Statistics Institute (INE) says cannot exist. That… Read more »

Mozambique: Calendar Changes Fall; All Candidates To Be Submitted By Monday

The main purpose of the 30 April changes was to give candidates an extra 15 days to submit documents - 10,000 notarised signatures for presidential candidates and six documents for… Read more »

Mozambique: Nyusi's Electoral Law Veto Ensures Frelimo Victory on 9 October

At the last minute on 30 May, President Filipe Nyusi vetoed revisions to the electoral law agreed by consensus by parliament a month earlier. The veto ensures Frelimo victory in… Read more »

Mozambique: Will They Rubber Stamp a Huge Crime? STAE Asks CNE to Approve Registration of 1.2 mn Voters Who Do Not Exist

STAE has submitted to CNE for approval this week the final list 17.2 mn registered voters. But 1.2 mn of them cannot exist and must be false. Will the CNE approve? Read more »

Mozambique: Electoral Laws Remain With Wrong Calendar

President Filipe Nyusi has not yet promulgated the amendments to the electoral legislation that were passed by parliament a month ago, on 30 April. Thus the CNE is insisting on the… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Owes $54mn to Suppliers, Who Refuse Equipment for 9 Oct

Suppliers of election materials have stopped providing services because of accumulated debts, delaying the organization of the general elections scheduled for 9 October, National… Read more »

Mozambique: Registration Interrupted in Quissanga Because of Insurgent Threats

Voter registration has not finished in Quissanga district, Cabo Delgado. On 14 May, the registration brigades in the Mahate administrative post (Indigue, Namange, Nacoba and… Read more »

Mozambique: Everyone Knows Calendar is Wrong, But CC and CNE Refuse to Admit it

The CNE and CC are giving parties the wrong dates to submit candidates for the 9 October elections. The law approved by parliament three weeks ago, on 30 April, has still not been… Read more »

Mozambique: Gaza and Inhambane Ghosts Will Have 7 Seats in Parliament

Ghosts can register and vote without being seen and Gaza ghosts will have 6 seats in parliament and Inhambane ghosts 1 seat. But candidates for parliament must be real people who… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgent Food Raid on Macomia Was Big and Well Organised

The insurgent raid on Macomia town Friday morning 10 May was the largest and best organised since the insurgents took the coastal town of Mucojo, 40km east of Macomia town, on 10… Read more »

Mozambique: Big Rise in Insurgent Activity in Past Month

A major insurgent attack on Macomia town at 05.00 Friday morning (10 May) underlined the increase in insurgent activity since the end of Ramadan a month ago. An estimated 100… Read more »