Mozambique

SADC backs Mozambique election win as regional tensions loom

Southern Africa’s regional body SADC has congratulated Mozambique’s ruling FRELIMO party for winning recent elections, extending its 48-year grip on power since independence. Daniel Chapo, 47, won with 70% of the vote in the October 9 elections, despite opposition claims of electoral

November 19, 2024

Africa·Mozambique·Zimbabwe

SADC urges calm after chairman’s premature Mozambique victory claim

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for peace in Mozambique just 24 hours after its own chairman congratulated the ruling party on winning disputed elections. The regional body’s intervention comes amid growing violence in the capital Maputo. SADC chairman Emmerson

October 24, 2024

Mozambique·Zimbabwe Politics

ZANU PF Registers Zimbabweans for Mozambique Elections Amid Rigging Concerns

ZANU PF has registered thousands of Zimbabweans to participate in the Mozambique presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for October 9, 2024, The Mirror revealed. The newspaper reported that three of its reporters, working undercover, along with hundreds of other Zimbabweans, completed registration

April 26, 2024

Mozambique

Shun church or ‘go to hell’, Zimbabwe government warns

A Zimbabwe spokesman warned people against flocking to church Sunday in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, and even claimed that worshippers risked going to hell. “A quick survey around town (in the capital Harare) shows a lot of religious activity above

March 23, 2020

Mozambique

The European Union blasts Mozambique’s ‘rigged’ election

The European Union has described as “astonishing” the extent of vote-rigging in last October’s elections in Mozambique. In their final report, published on Wednesday, EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls saying they found fraud at almost every stage of

February 13, 2020

Mozambique

Mozambique police chief arrested over election observer’s death

Mozambican police have detained the head of an elite unit allegedly involved in the murder of a prominent poll observer in the run-up to elections last month. Anastacio Matavel, 58, was shot dead as he left an election training session in the

November 6, 2019

Mozambique

Mozambique opposition calls for re-run after Nyusi’s win

Mozambique’s opposition has called for a re-run of the general election alleging intimidation, violence and vote rigging, claims the ruling party denies. President Filipe Nyusi secured another five-year term after a landslide win in the general election. He won 73% of the

October 28, 2019

Africa·Mozambique

Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo wants election results cancelled

Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo on Saturday accused the government of violating a recent peace agreement by using “violence” during the general elections this week and called for the election to be cancelled. Renamo accused the ruling party, Frelimo, of violating the

October 19, 2019

Africa·Mozambique

Polls close in Mozambique amid ballot-stuffing complaints

Voting has officially ended in Mozambique’s general elections but people who joined queues at polling stations before the cut-off time of 18:00 (16:00 GMT) will be allowed to cast their ballot. Seven polling stations did not open in an area of the

October 15, 2019

Mozambique

10 killed, 98 injured in Mozambique election rally stampede

At least 10 people have died and 98 were injured in a stampede at a campaign rally of Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi, health authorities said on Thursday. Nampula Central Hospital management’s said the deaths and injuries occurred when a crowd tried to

September 13, 2019

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