Mozambique: What About The Gas?

Mozambique's huge off-shore gas field is controlled by two consortia. Area 1 nearest the coast is led by the French TotalEnergies and area 4 further off-shore by the US ExxonMobil,… Read more »

Southern Africa: SADC Pull Out Shows Global Politics of This War

Mozambique lacks the capacity to fight its civil war, so it is dependent on foreign mercenaries, training and equipment. For historic reasons, there are three countries that want… Read more »

Mozambique: Assembly Candidates Must Be Submitted by 10 June; Presidential Deadline Extended to 25 June

43 parties, coalitions and citizens' lists have registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) for the 9 October election, the CNE said today in a press conference. The… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Not Returning Voter Cards Collected Two Weeks Ago in Alto Molócuè

Frelimo political leaderships in many places have been collecting voters' cards, which supposedly belong to voters. In the municipality of Alto Molócuè, and in five villages in… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Admits Huge Fake Registration - More Than Half a Million Ghosts Can Vote in October

There are 587,941 more registered voters than there are voting age adults in Mozambique, the National Elections Commission admitted this morning. And it stressed that the figure is… Read more »

Mozambique: STAE Told to Register Children in Nyamayabue

The number of potential voters seeking to register Nyamayabue, Mutarara, Tete has jumped. In the first fortnight of April, the Nyamayabue municipal area saw only 2 and 3 people… Read more »

Mozambique: Zimbabweans and Malawians Registering?

Zanu and the MCP may be mobilizing Zimbabweans and Malawians to register as Mozambican voters. The people benefit because their voters card serves as an ID document and they can go… Read more »

Mozambique: More Than 200 Registration Posts Extended Their Opening Hours

More than 200 of the over 1,000 registration posts visited by our correspondents on Sunday, the last day of registration, had to stay open later than the official closing time of… Read more »

Mozambique: AR Proposes District Courts Can Force Recounts, Allows CNE to Make Secret Changes

Parliament (AR) today debates electoral law changes, and the AR commission proposes only two important changes. If there are protests, the district court will first review the… Read more »

Mozambique: In Brief

Voter rolls on display until 3 May: The official period in which voters can consult the voter rolls displayed at the voter registration posts where they voters registered, in order… Read more »

Mozambique: Registration in Quissanga Begins on Wednesday

The training of brigade members for voter registration in the town of Quissanga ended on Monday (29 April) in Pemba, Cabo Delgado. Registration in Quissanga is scheduled to start… Read more »

Mozambique: In brief

Insurgent attacks force evacuation of registration brigades in Chiure: Some villages in Chiure district were attacked by insurgents, and STAE evacuated registration brigades.… Read more »

Mozambique: In Renamo Zones, Voters Walk 20 km and Wait For Two Days in the Hope of Being Registered

The national head of social affairs of the MDM, pastor Maiba Wache, has denounced the existence of areas where the potential voters are obliged to walk for more than 20 km to… Read more »

Mozambique: Registration of Ghost Voters in Chókwè

Our correspondents in Chókwè, Gaza, saw non-existent voters being registered in some posts. During their observation rounds, they found typists introducing… Read more »

Mozambique: 93,000 Ghosts Registered in Inhambane, Where STAE Also Seems to Have Lied To Its Own CPE

More than 93,000 "ghost" voters, who do not exist, had already been registered in Inhambane by 20 April, one week for the end of registration today. This is the number of… Read more »

Mozambique: Drunken Policeman Opens Fire in Mavago

There was panic in the village of Lijombo 2, Mavago, Niassa, yesterday (Monday 22 April) when a drunken police agent began by insulting the nearby people and fired several shots in… Read more »

Mozambique: STAE Agent Killed By Elephant in Niassa

A 27 year old STAE civic education agent was trampled to death by an elephant while he was working to persuade potential voters to register. The incident happened in Cumela… Read more »

Mozambique: Mobiles Collected at Dead of Night

In several districts of Inhambane, the mobile-IDs are being collected at night by STAE technical staff, and are returned early the following day, according to the observers from… Read more »

Mozambique: Publicity works - 2 When a Supervisor Arrives, Computers Suddenly Work in Alto Molócuè

In Alto Molócuè, we reported all last week that known Frelimo people could register, but would-be Renamo voters were told the Mobile-ID, the registration computer,… Read more »

Mozambique: Publicity works - 1 CNE Deputy Chair Finally Notices Nampula Has Too Few Registration Brigades

Fernando Mazanga, deputy chair of the National Elections Commission (CNE), has responded to our report last week (Bulletin 248, 16 Apr) by admitting that the CNE approved too few… Read more »

Mozambique: Observers Report 1 in 8 Registration Posts Not Working

Mais Integriadade observers visited 1792 registration posts in the week 14-20 April, and found 234 not working. This is 12% of registration posts - a high number and much higher… Read more »

Mozambique: STAE Agrees to Destroy Proof of Election Crimes in Muembe

The régulo (traditional chief) Chitalo, from the village of the same name in Lutuesse, Muembe, Niassa, submitted a list to the local registration post of 108 members of the… Read more »

Mozambique: Collection of Card Numbers Stepped Up in Morrumbene

The observers from Mais Integridade (“More Integrity”) report that in Morrumbene directors of state institutions and neighbourhood leaders were instructed to collect… Read more »

Mozambique: Punch-up Between High Court and Constitutional Council Over Who is in Charge

Both the High Court (TS) and Constitutional Council (CC) took their electoral battle to parliament last week. The district counts come under the High Court, which says the district… Read more »

Mozambique: In Maputo Some Posts Register Fewer Than Five Voters a Day

Few new voters are registering in districts where most of the population registered last year for municipal elections, as the photo shows. Read more »