The leader of Renamo, Ossufo Momade, appealed to the Mozambican population, political parties, religious denominations, civil society, the international community and academics to unite in the defense of democracy in the country. The appeal was made during a press conference in Maputo, in reaction to the results of the general elections, recently validated and proclaimed by the...
Pope Francis referred to the situation in Mozambique and urged its citizens not to lose faith in the path of democracy, justice and peace. "The news coming from Mozambique is worrying. I invite everyone to dialog, to tolerance and to the tireless search for just solutions. Let us pray for the entire Mozambican population, for...
The Mozambican government guarantees that it will continue its efforts to strengthen democracy by holding regular elections. The assurance was given during the twenty-seventh Summit of the Heads of Government of the Commonwaelth, which took place this Friday and Saturday in Apia, the capital of Samoa, writes Radio Mocambique. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manuel...
The president of the Mozambican Bar Association says that parliament's decision not to discuss and approve the new police laws was wise and democratic. Last month, parliament withdrew the revision of the Police and National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) laws from debate without explaining the decision....
Days after announcing that he was dropping out of the race for the White House for another term, US President Joe Biden spoke to the nation, explaining that he is dropping out of the race against Republican Donald Trump due to concerns about the future of American democracy. In a Euronews publication, the US President also said that he is withdrawing from the race for...
Mozambique has an authoritarian government, according to a new report published recently by The Economist magazine in 2023, which analyzes the democracy index in the world. Meanwhile, the 2023 report indicates that Mozambique has risen four places compared to 2022, which means that it has gone from 117 to 113. "If we only consider...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the European Union (EU) signed a partnership agreement in Maputo for 1,098,500 dollars as part of the Strengthening Democracy and Electoral Processes in Mozambique project. A statement from the United Nations indicates that the agreement will run until December 2025 and aims to...
The Mozambican ambassador to the Vatican and former leader of Renamo, the main opposition party, Raul Domingos, on Friday pointed to the lack of a "culture of democracy" as a factor in the country's wars, advocating inclusion and reconciliation for effective peace. Speaking by videoconference from the Vatican in Rome, during a conference on the...
The mayor of Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia, Manuel de Araújo, says that the Secretary General of the Frelimo party, Roque Silva, and the Renamo spokesman, José Manteigas, are anti-democrats. "It's not enough for Renamo to say it's the Father or Mother of democracy, it has to appear and show its day-to-day actions. And there is something I condemn, the...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, says that the signing of the General Peace Agreement (GPA) has made Mozambique a regional, continental and world reference in the transition from war to democracy, an act that is consolidated with the active participation of all citizens. Filipe Nyusi was speaking this Wednesday in Maputo on the occasion of the 31st anniversary...