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Mozambique: Vote Counting Marred by Allegations of Rigging by Renamo Leader
allAfrica, 16 October 2019
Mozambicans voted on October 15 in an election which the incumbent President Filipe Nyusi said should help anchor peace, but his main rival, Renamo leader Ossufo Momade has already… Read more »
Vote Counting Marred by Allegations of Rigging in Mozambique
Mozambicans voted on October 15 in an election which the incumbent President Filipe Nyusi said should help anchor peace, but his main rival, Renamo leader Ossufo Momade has already made allegations of vote rigging. Momade, who said he would "never accept rigged election results", is reported to have shown journalists evidence of attempted fraud and declared that his party "would do whatever the people want them to", without elaborating on the warning.
Renamo leader Ossufo Momade is reported to have shown journalists evidence of attempted fraud and declared that his party "would do whatever the people want them to", without elaborating on the warning.
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Mozambique: Convincing Victory for Ruling Party Almost Certain
AIM, 17 October 2019
Polling station results from the Mozambican general elections held on Tuesday are continuing to trickle in slowly, and from across the country they suggest a convincing victory for… Read more »
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Mozambique: Some Polling Stations Record Impossible Turnouts
AIM, 17 October 2019
Results sheets from a considerable number of polling stations in Mozambique's general elections held on Tuesday indicate that an impossible hundred per cent of the registered… Read more »
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Mozambique: STAE Officials Accused of Breaking Election Law in Tete
AIM, 17 October 2019
Although Mozambican election law states that, immediately after the count of the votes, the results sheets ("editais") must be posted for public view on the walls of the polling… Read more »
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Mozambique: Ruling Party On Course for Tainted Victory
Mozambique Political Process Bulletin, 17 October 2019
Frelimo and its presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi appear to be on course for victory. Severe restrictions on observation and the failure to post polling station results in places… Read more »
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Mozambique: Campaign Shows That Political Tectonic Plates Are Shifting in Mozambique
The Conversation Africa, 16 October 2019
Having ruled Mozambique since 1975, the country's governing party, Frelimo, feels backed into a corner. It behaves as though it must fight any challenge to its hegemony by whatever… Read more »
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Mozambique: One Dead in Clash With Police in Nacala
AIM, 16 October 2019
One person died during police intervention against a crowd in the northern Mozambican port city of Nacala, during the counting of votes at the polling stations after Tuesday's… Read more »
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Mozambique: Ballot Box Stuffing in Beira, or Just a Mistake?
AIM, 16 October 2019
At one polling station in the central Mozambican city of Beira there were more ballot papers deposited in the ballot boxes than people who voted, according to a report on Tuesday… Read more »
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Mozambique: Initial Results Indicate Possible Low Turnout
AIM, 16 October 2019
As results trickle in from across Mozambique from Tuesday's general and provincial elections, the indications are of a low turnout. Read more »
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Polls have closed in Mozambique and vote counting has begun. Early reports from observers suggest there was a low turn-out in the presidential, parliamentary and provincial ... Read more »
