Politics

Over the weekend, Mozambique’s Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), at the district level, gave victory to the ruling Frelimo party in all but one municipality, sparking a wave of protests from the...

The sixth Mozambican municipal elections are likely to change the geography of political power in the municipalities of the Great Maputo (Maputo, Matola and Marracuene), with Renamo, the main opposition...

Voting irregularities have been reported in municipalities still in the hands of the opposition. According to the CIP Election bulletin 149 edition, ballot papers ran out before all voters registered...

Mozambicans on Wednesday held municipal elections in 65 municipalities. The elections are not without controversy. During the voter registration process, they were many irregularities and outright rigging. For example, in...

Mozambican political parties and citizens movements in 65 municipalities on Tuesday started campaigning ahead of the 11 October municipal elections. Despite calls for peace from the electoral bodies, party leadership...

Two opposition Renamo party mayors and heads of lists in the Mozambican cities of Quelimane and Nampula have in the past four weeks claimed that members of the Mozambique Republic...

Mozambique’s first and former defence minister (1975 to 1986). Alberto Chipande, has strongly accused the United States of America of “sabotaging” the exploitation of natural gas in the northern Cabo...

The succession within the ruling Frelimo party is still an unknown. President Filipe Nyusi and Frelimo’s Secretary-General, Roque Silva, seem to have cemented their hold and power over the party....

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo held its primary elections two weekends ago to elect the 65 heads of lists (mayoral candidates) for the forthcoming municipal elections. Last Thursday evening, Frelimo held an...

Last week, the Political Commission of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party met to, among others, discuss the list of the party’s internal pre-elections for mayoral candidates and member of municipality assemblies...