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Low Turnout in Mozambique Polls

The Electoral Observatory says its observers in polling stations have reported that only 34% of the electorate had voted by late afternoon suggesting voter apathy which characterised Mozambique's previous elections.

  • Mozambique:   Frelimo Landslide Victory - Dhlakama Does Well - MDM Collapse - Higher Turnout

    Mozambique Political Process Bulletin, 16 October 2014

    Preliminary numbers and projections indicate the Frelimo will win a landslide victory, and that the turnout will be over 50%, compared to 45% in 2009. Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Low Turnout Indicated in Election

    Mozambique Political Process Bulletin, 15 October 2014

    COLLECTIVE ACTION: This newsletter is based on reports from more than 150 journalists in nearly every district, working together to give the most accurate and up to date coverage… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Former Rebels Lead in Western Province

    AIM, 16 October 2014

    The leader and presidential candidate of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, has established a substantial lead in the first general election results from… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   What Are Prospects for Peace?

    SAIIA, 14 October 2014

    On 15 October 2014 Mozambicans go to the polls to vote in the fifth round of democratic elections to be held in the country since they first took place in 1994. Twenty years after… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Mozambique Largely Peaceful After Long Polling Day

    DW, 15 October 2014

    The polling stations should have closed at 6:00 p.m. but Mozambicans continued to cast their votes in the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections into the early… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Problems Hit Polling

    AIM, 15 October 2014

    As reports trickle in from across the country, it is becoming increasingly clear that Wednesday's general elections in Mozambique have been marred by serious problems including… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Ballot Papers Destroyed in Tete

    Mozambique Political Process Bulletin, 15 October 2014

    Polling stations in three schools in Tsangano district, Tete, were vandalised and ballot papers burned, allegedly by Renamo members. Voting was cancelled in those polling centres. Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Ruling Party Faces Tough Test

    DW, 15 October 2014

    Mozambicans are voting in presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections seen as a crucial test for the incumbent Frelimo party. Poverty remains widespread despite foreign… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   EU Observers Barred From Working in Tete

    AIM, 15 October 2014

    The European Union's Election Observation Mission to Mozambique's general elections was barred on Wednesday from working in the western province of Tete. Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Large Queues As Most Polling Stations Open - but Many Problems Reported

    Mozambique Political Process Bulletin, 14 October 2014

    Most polling stations across the country opened on time at 7 am this morning. More than half of our correspondents report that at 9 am there were still queues of 100 or more, and… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Long Queues As Voting Begins

    AIM, 15 October 2014

    Across the country, long queues have been reported as Mozambicans went to the polls on Wednesday to cast their ballots in the country's fifth presidential and parliamentary… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   Dhlakama Calls for Peaceful Elections

    AIM, 15 October 2014

    Afonso Dhlakama, leader and presidential candidate of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo, on Wednesday appealed for peaceful elections immediately after casting his own vote… Read more »

  • Mozambique:   New Actors Shake Up Polls

    DW, 14 October 2014

    Mozambique could see a new political landscape after elections on October 15. Next to the old rivals, FRELIMO and RENAMO, a new party, the MDM has gathered political strength. Read more »

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Party supporters show their colours in Mozambique.

A. Cascais/Deutsche Welle

Domingos Manuel (right) would like Daviz Simango (left) elected president.

A. Cascais/Deutsche Welle

Alfonso Dhlakama took command of RENAMO in 1984 and waged a bitter guerilla war against the government.

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