Mozambique: Tete Violence, But Campaign Ends Calmly Elsewhere

A violent confrontation between Frelimo and Renamo caravans and a violent police raid on the Renamo headquarters brought the campaign to an end in Tete. Twelve Renamo members remained in jail late Monday, and 14 people were injured and 6 remain in hospital. The detained include one member of the provincial assembly and two candidates for municipal assembly.

There were incidents and irregularities elsewhere, but the majority of our correspondents report that the campaign closed peacefully yesterday. In the big cities such as Maputo, Beira, Nampula, Quelimane, Pemba, and Lichinga the last day of the campaign was a party with exuberant parades and showmicios (a portmanteau word combining "show" in English and "comicio", the Portuguese word for a political rally).

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