On Monday, the Frelimo party in Nampula elected businessman Luís Abdula Giquira as its new head of candidates for the local elections on October 11..

Real estate businessman Giquira replaces Manuel Rodrigues, who stepped down after being elected with 100% votes. However, according to VOA, Manuel Rodrigues was not present at the session to choose his replacement, and the Frelimo party gave no details about the change.

However, the head of the central assistance brigade in Nampula, Celso Correia, is quoted by the newspaper Ikweli as saying that "it is often said that difficult births tend to produce healthy and beautiful children".

Manuel Rodrigues is governor of Nampula province, and for the last 10 years the city of Nampula has been led by the MDM and Renamo.