May 01
Mozambique: Assembly Amends Election Laws
AIM
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Tuesday passed a series of amendments to the electoral legislation, some of which might increase transparency and avoid… Read more »
Mozambique: - Government to Register 15 Million Undocumented Women
AIM
The Mozambican Justice Ministry intends to register and issue birth certificates and identity cards to about 15 million women. Read more »
April 30
Mozambique: STAE Told to Register Children in Nyamayabue
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The number of potential voters seeking to register Nyamayabue, Mutarara, Tete has jumped. In the first fortnight of April, the Nyamayabue municipal area saw only 2 and 3 people… Read more »
Mozambique: Zimbabweans and Malawians Registering?
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Zanu and the MCP may be mobilizing Zimbabweans and Malawians to register as Mozambican voters. The people benefit because their voters card serves as an ID document and they can go… Read more »
Mozambique: More Than 200 Registration Posts Extended Their Opening Hours
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
More than 200 of the over 1,000 registration posts visited by our correspondents on Sunday, the last day of registration, had to stay open later than the official closing time of… Read more »
Mozambique: AR Proposes District Courts Can Force Recounts, Allows CNE to Make Secret Changes
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Parliament (AR) today debates electoral law changes, and the AR commission proposes only two important changes. If there are protests, the district court will first review the… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique - Spotlighting IDPs' Land Access Issues [press release]
AI London
On 16 July 2020, the President of the Republic of Mozambique triggered the process of land law reform through a public consultation. The Committee for the Revision of the Law has… Read more »
Mozambique: In Brief
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Voter rolls on display until 3 May: The official period in which voters can consult the voter rolls displayed at the voter registration posts where they voters registered, in order… Read more »
Mozambique: Registration in Quissanga Begins on Wednesday
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The training of brigade members for voter registration in the town of Quissanga ended on Monday (29 April) in Pemba, Cabo Delgado. Registration in Quissanga is scheduled to start… Read more »
April 28
Mozambique: In brief
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Insurgent attacks force evacuation of registration brigades in Chiure: Some villages in Chiure district were attacked by insurgents, and STAE evacuated registration brigades.… Read more »
Mozambique: In Renamo Zones, Voters Walk 20 km and Wait For Two Days in the Hope of Being Registered
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The national head of social affairs of the MDM, pastor Maiba Wache, has denounced the existence of areas where the potential voters are obliged to walk for more than 20 km to… Read more »
Mozambique: Registration of Ghost Voters in Chókwè
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Our correspondents in Chókwè, Gaza, saw non-existent voters being registered in some posts. During their observation rounds, they found typists introducing… Read more »
Mozambique: 93,000 Ghosts Registered in Inhambane, Where STAE Also Seems to Have Lied To Its Own CPE
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
More than 93,000 "ghost" voters, who do not exist, had already been registered in Inhambane by 20 April, one week for the end of registration today. This is the number of… Read more »
April 26
Mozambique: MSF Supports Families of Shipwreck Victims in Nampula
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Nearly 100 people died in the accident, including at least 55 children Read more »
Mozambique: Ports and Rail Company Handled 26.6 Million Tonnes in 2023
AIM
Mozambique's publicly owned Ports and Rail Company (CFM) handled, in 2023, 26.6 million net tonnes. Read more »
April 25
Mozambique: African Troops Will Remain in Cabo Delgado
AIM
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended to the end of this year the operation of the South African armed forces (SANDF), in the fight against islamist terrorism in the… Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Approves $95m Military Extension in Mozambique, DR Congo
New Times
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, April 25 approved the extension of the military deployment in DR Congo and Mozambique, according to his office. Earlier, on… Read more »
April 24
Mozambique: Drunken Policeman Opens Fire in Mavago
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
There was panic in the village of Lijombo 2, Mavago, Niassa, yesterday (Monday 22 April) when a drunken police agent began by insulting the nearby people and fired several shots in… Read more »
Mozambique: STAE Agent Killed By Elephant in Niassa
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
A 27 year old STAE civic education agent was trampled to death by an elephant while he was working to persuade potential voters to register. The incident happened in Cumela… Read more »
Mozambique: Mobiles Collected at Dead of Night
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
In several districts of Inhambane, the mobile-IDs are being collected at night by STAE technical staff, and are returned early the following day, according to the observers from… Read more »
Mozambique: Publicity works - 2 When a Supervisor Arrives, Computers Suddenly Work in Alto Molócuè
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
In Alto Molócuè, we reported all last week that known Frelimo people could register, but would-be Renamo voters were told the Mobile-ID, the registration computer,… Read more »
Mozambique: Publicity works - 1 CNE Deputy Chair Finally Notices Nampula Has Too Few Registration Brigades
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Fernando Mazanga, deputy chair of the National Elections Commission (CNE), has responded to our report last week (Bulletin 248, 16 Apr) by admitting that the CNE approved too few… Read more »
Mozambique: Observers Report 1 in 8 Registration Posts Not Working
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Mais Integriadade observers visited 1792 registration posts in the week 14-20 April, and found 234 not working. This is 12% of registration posts - a high number and much higher… Read more »
Mozambique: STAE Agrees to Destroy Proof of Election Crimes in Muembe
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The régulo (traditional chief) Chitalo, from the village of the same name in Lutuesse, Muembe, Niassa, submitted a list to the local registration post of 108 members of the… Read more »
Mozambique: Collection of Card Numbers Stepped Up in Morrumbene
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
The observers from Mais Integridade (“More Integrity”) report that in Morrumbene directors of state institutions and neighbourhood leaders were instructed to collect… Read more »