Maputo — In the last of Mozambique's 53 municipalities to declare its results from last Wednesday's local elections, the town of Malema in the northern province of Nampula, the main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, won.
Renamo had a lead of over five per cent over the ruling Frelimo Party. The second opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), took over eight per cent of the vote. Thus, taken together, the two opposition parties outpolled Frelimo.
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