Mozambique confirms for the seventh time that it is a state governed by the rule of law and democracy by holding general elections and elections to provincial assemblies in an atmosphere of peace and a demonstration of the unity of the Mozambican people. Starting at midnight on August 24, 2024, the electoral campaign will run for 45 days throughout the country...
Category: Special Elections
Chóckwè: Car gangsters shield themselves from Frelimo to drive illegal cars
The Center for Public Integrity (CIP), through its Electoral Bulletin 278, warns of the possibility that dealers in stolen cars, mostly in South Africa, are using articles from the ruling Frelimo party to circulate such vehicles without being able to identify them. "In the town of Chókwè, dealers in...
Frelimo is using public property in its election campaign - CIP
The Frelimo party is using public assets, such as state vehicles and infrastructure, to facilitate its election campaign in at least five provinces of the country. According to the Electoral Bulletin of the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), the party has used state vehicles in Inhambane, Sofala, Tete, Nampula and Cabo...
Cabo Delgado: CIP observer arrested on terrorism charges
An election observer from the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) was detained for a few hours in Quissanga, Cabo Delgado province, accused by the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR) - which arrested him - of being a terrorist, despite being properly identified. The arrest took place when the observer was photographing flyers that had been taken off at the Secondary School...
Election campaign: Caravan clash ends in fisticuffs in Nampula
A clash between caravans from the Frelimo and Renamo parties resulted in five people being injured, four lightly and one seriously, during the election campaign in the district of Mecubúri in Nampula province, northern Mozambique. The information was provided today (26) by the spokesperson for the Republic of Mozambique Police in Nampula (PRM), Rosa Chaúque, during the...
Presidential candidates highlight security, health and education as election campaign kicks off
Creating conditions to improve security, hospital care and making the most of funds from natural resources to develop key areas such as education are some of the promises made at the start of the campaign for the general elections on October 9. Running to succeed Filipe Nyusi as president of Mozambique are Daniel Chapo...
Vandalization of materials and clashes dominated the first day of the election campaign
The electoral campaign for the general elections of October 9, which kicked off yesterday, Saturday (24), across the country, with four candidates for the Presidency of the Republic and 37 political forces competing in the legislative and provincial elections, has seen cases of vandalization of materials and clashes in some places. According to a publication by the Center for Integrity...
General elections: More Integrity Consortium mobilizes 250 observers for election campaign
The "Mais Integridade" electoral observation consortium, which brings together seven civil society organizations, has mobilized 250 observers to 80 districts in the three regions of the country, with a view to monitoring the electoral campaign for the general elections on 9 October. The 45-day electoral campaign kicked off yesterday, Saturday (24), in all...
Election campaign: CAD marches through the avenues of Nampula extolling Venâncio Mondlane
At the start of the 45-day electoral campaign, the Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD) has decided to march along the main avenues of the city of Nampula, in northern Mozambique. The march, according to a report in the newspaper Notícias, began in front of the Nampula Provincial Assembly and is heading for the Matchedje field, a...
General elections: Ossufo Momade is once again absent from the start of the electoral campaign
The electoral campaign for the general elections on October 9 kicks off today, Saturday (24), across the country, with four candidates for the Presidency of the Republic and 37 political forces competing in the legislative and provincial elections. For 45 days, all the political forces contesting the legislative and provincial elections, as well as the presidential candidates, will...