The two largest opposition parties in Mozambique, Renamo and MDM, are against the approval to hold voter registration during the month of February and suggest that the process take place during the month of March. The main opposition parties claim that the date proposed by the National Electoral Commission (CNE), February 1,...
Military census starts today throughout the country
Mozambican citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 are invited to take part in the Military Census between today and February 28. The authorities expect to register 221,141 young people, including 147,114 men and 74,027 women. To this end, 1,670 census offices have been set up across the country, 171 of which are...
Voter registration for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections is now open
Voter registration for the presidential, legislative and provincial elections will take place from February 1 to March 16, 2024, the government announced today. Quoting the government, the newspaper "O País" reports that during this period, it will be possible to register voters in districts without local authorities, so...
Municipalities 2023: CNE reveals total number of registered voters and announces date for submission of political party applications
The National Electoral Commission (CNE) met today in Maputo with the political parties and party coalitions to share voter registration data and announce the start date for submitting nominations for the local elections on October 11. The CNE revealed that during the voter registration process, more than 8,700,000...
Renamo appeals to CNE over fraud during voter registration
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the largest opposition party in Mozambique, has filed an appeal with the National Elections Commission (CNE) over alleged fraud in the voter registration process. According to the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), the issue is the movement of voter registration machines (mobiles ID's); the registration of voters outside...
STAE ordered not to register opposition 'future candidate'. Prosecutor fears the "owners of the country"
The Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), in partnership with the National Electoral Commission (CNE) in the town of Matengula, in Niassa province, is denying a citizen the right to register for fear that he will become a Renamo party list leader and win the local elections. His name is...
Census offices will operate until midnight on the 4th
The National Electoral Commission has decided not to extend the current voter registration, but has decided to extend working hours from today (02/06) until tomorrow (3/06). Thus, tomorrow the stations will open at 7am and will work until midnight. Today, Friday, June 2, voter registration offices will...
People spend nights outdoors to register in Beira
Four days before the end of voter registration in Mozambique, people in the city of Beira are sleeping out in the open to secure a place in the queues and get their voter registration cards. Jaime José, 47, a father of five, is queuing at a registration office set up in a school in the...
Voter Registration: Less than five days to go, CNE allocates 28 mobiles in Niassa
The National Electoral Commission (CNE) has allocated 28 more reinforcement mobiles to the most critical locations in the six municipalities of Niassa province, with only four days left until the end of voter registration. By Sunday (28), the six municipalities in the province had registered 55,71% of the 268,953 potential voters, according to Televisão...
Arrested PRM agent and a guard accused of stealing census computer
A police officer from the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) and a school guard in the city of Quelimane, Zambezia province, have been accused of stealing a computer used for voter registration. According to Rádio Moçambique (RM), the theft took place on Thursday night. This is the second computer...