Mozambique: More Than 6,000 Brigades and 9,000 Registration Posts Will Be Set Up

The CNE also announced, in the same press conference, that to undertake the voter registration, 6,330 registration brigades will be set up, 6,033 inside Mozambique and 297 abroad. Read more »

Mozambique: Head of STAE Operations in Quelimane Jailed For Printing Own Voters Cards

Vitorino de Azevedo, the head of operations of the Quelimane branch of STAE, has been found guilty, of producing voter cards on his own printing press, in the Quelimane… Read more »

Mozambique: 25 Years of Electoral Fraud, Protected By Secrecy

From declaring Joaquim Chissano president in 1999 when Afonso Dhlakama had the most votes, to naming Frelimo victor in Maputo and Matola when Renamo had most votes in 2023,… Read more »

Mozambique: Recounts Instead of Secret Changes

Renamo would bar most of the current secret changes by STAEs and electoral commissions, and replace them with recounts. as in most democracies. It proposes: "The District Judicial… Read more »

Mozambique: New Transparency Would Include LIve Reporting of Counting

Renamo's proposals call for a major increase in transparency. Renamo proposes that during the initial count in the polling station, "In the interests of electoral transparency, the… Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo Proposes Law Changes to Prevent Recurrence of last Year's Frauds

For the parliament session starting 22 February, Renamo has proposed major changes to the electoral law, to try to prevent a repeat of the frauds and misconduct in the 2023… Read more »

Mozambique: Chair of the Cabo Delgado Provincial Elections Commission Has Died

The chair of the Cabo Delgado Provincial Elections Commission, Albino Pariela, died today, 14 February. So far, the causes of his death are not known. Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Means Rural Zones Not Safe for Registration

The National Elections Commission has not yet decided on how to hold voter registration in Cabo Delgado province, but sources in the election management bodies say registration… Read more »

Mozambique: Opposition Proposes Longer Prison Terms of up to 12 Years for Electoral Crimes

Tougher penalties for those who adulterate the election results are included in Renamo's proposal to amend electoral legislation. Renamo calls for penalties of between 8 and 12… Read more »

Mozambique: Opposition Proposes Longer Prison Terms of Up to 12 Years for Electoral Crimes

Tougher penalties for those who adulterate the election results are included in Renamo's proposal to amend electoral legislation. Renamo calls for penalties of between 8 and 12… Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo Proposes a Number of Individual Changes.

To stop Frelimo naming polling station staff, Renamo calls for the jury composed of the director, deputy directors (Frelimo and Renamo), and a  technician from the third party… Read more »

Mozambique: Note on Mozambique's Court System

The Ministério Público (MP) is the Public Prosecutor (and not a ministry, despite the name). Under the MP are: Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Must Announce Number of Candidates Before it Knows How Many Voters Registered

The ongoing election law is forcing the CNE to announce the number of candidates that parties must submit before it knows how many people have been registered, according to the… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Asks Special Parliament Session to Clean Up Election Laws - And Squeeze the Opposition

Frelimo asks special parliament session to clean up election laws - and squeeze the opposition Read more »

Mozambique: With Heavy Police Presence, Turnout Under 20% in Nacala and Milange

In Milange, Zambézia, turnout will be less than 20% with two polling stations where nobody voted. Read more »

Mozambique: Arrests, Assaults, Ballot Box Stuffing and Low Turnout in Voting This Morning

A massive police presence, some arrests and assaults, an attempt to introduce pre-voted ballot papers, and a very low turnout marked the first hours of the repeat elections this… Read more »

Mozambique: Why Did the Constitutional Council Take Alto Molocue from Frelimo?

The Constitutional Council took Alto Molocue away from Frelimo and gave it to Renamo, in secret, and not on the basis of publicly available documents. All publicly available… Read more »

Mozambique: Electoral Body Proposes Election Re-Run in December

The Council of Ministers is expected to announce, by tomorrow, the date for the repeat of the local elections in Marromeu and parts of Guruè, Milange and Nacala-Porto. The… Read more »

Mozambique: Constitutional Council Wants Changes to the Electoral Court System

Constitutional Council Wants Major Changes to Vote Tabulation & Courts, but Not to its Own Secret Procedures Which Mean Crime Pays Read more »

Mozambique: Constitutional Council Confirms Mega-Fraud, Names Renamo Winner in Four More Cities

The Constitutional Council today confirmed widespread fraud in the 11 October municipal elections. The CC declared Renamo the winner in Chíure, Quelimane, Alto Molocue and… Read more »

Mozambique: Constitutional Council Demands Election Results Sheets

Renamo members discovered two weeks late that the Constitutional Council (CC) had been asking the National Elections Commission (CNE) for original results sheets (editais) from… Read more »

Mozambique: Police Shoot 8 Renamo Demonstrators in Angoche

Police shot eight Renamo demonstrators in Angoche, Nampula, today (Thursday, 16 November). Manquinho Mastado is in a serious condition and has been transferred to Nampula Central… Read more »

Mozambique: Religious Leaders Under Pressure for Approving Fraudulent Election Results

Anglican bishops last week demanded the immediate resignation of CNE head Carlos Matsinhe from his church post as Bishop of the Libombos, because he abstained in the National… Read more »

Mozambique: Riots and Two Deaths in Nampula and Nacala

Nampula and Nacala-Porto are experiencing riots and the police are responding with rubber bullets and gunfire with real bullets. There are arrests, injuries and deaths in both… Read more »

Mozambique: Constitutional Council Says Only it Can Force Repeat of an Election

The Constitutional Council (CC) today issued two rulings on the current local elections. The first makes it clear that it has exclusive competence to annul or order the repetition… Read more »