The Renamo party candidate for the Maputo municipality, Venâncio Mondlane, is said to have ignored medical recommendations to rest completely while he was leading marches to claim victory in the October 11 elections. "I talk to him very well. I need to stress that he received medical advice to rest completely and he failed to do so...
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Frelimo first secretary: "Opposition may march, but it won't win in Quelimane"
The first secretary of the FRELIMO party in Zambezia province said on Saturday in Quelimane that the opposition, especially Renamo, can march as many times and for as many days as it wants, but that it will not win these elections in that municipality. According to Paulino Lenço, quoted by DW, the Constitutional Council (CC) will not change the results announced by...
Marches in Maputo: Trial of detained youths begins today
This morning, the trial began of 17 more young people who took part in the Renamo march in Maputo city to contest the results of the local elections that gave victory to the Frelimo party. They are charged with association to obstruct the public highway, carrying homemade bombs and vandalizing public property...
Renamo denounces persecution and arbitrary arrests of its members
The president of Renamo today denounced a wave of harassment of its members by the police during the marches contesting the election results, saying that his party will not back down. "There is harassment and arbitrary arrests of citizens, as well as invasion and siege of the political offices of the Renamo Party, as is the case...