Maputo — Quelimane (Mozambique), 14 Oct (AIM) - The chairperson of Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), Abdul Carimo, has admitted that about 5,400 voters in the northern province of Cabo Delgado will be unable to vote in Tuesday's general elections because of the islamist insurgency in parts of the province.
Carimo said the CNE had received reports from the electoral commissions in the three districts concerned, explaining that it would be impossible to hold elections in these ten stations. Six of the stations are in Macomia district, three in Mocimboa da Praia and one in Muidumbe.
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