Mozambique: Preliminary Results - Frelimo Winning, Gains for Renamo

Maputo — Preliminary results from Wednesday's municipal elections indicate that Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party has won in most of the municipalities.

The main loser in the elections is the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), which lost the city of Quelimane to the main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, and lost the town of Gurue to Frelimo by a slim margin. However, the MDM, and its leader, Daviz Simango, seems to have held onto the jewel in their crown, the central city of Beira.

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