Maputo — An embarrassing incident marred the start of voting for Mozambique's municipal elections on Wednesday morning in the central city of Quelimane, when the outgoing mayor, Manuel de Araujo, could not find his name in the polling station registers.
Araujo was elected mayor in 2013 on the ticket of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), but he has defected to the former rebel movement Renamo, and is now Renamo's mayoral candidate.
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