A group of seven well-positioned citizens are demanding compensation from Grafex Limitada, a subsidiary of Triton Minerals, for giving away graphite-rich land in the Ancuabe district of Cabo Delgado province. According to the newspaper Evidências, these individuals obtained the Land Use Rights in 2015 after finding out...
Lawyer and journalist Ericino de Salema considers the Constitutional Council's (CC) interpretation that district courts do not have the power to annul election results to be problematic. "I don't think the CC is doing the right thing in these matters, in particular, because the law, as far as I understand it, gives such powers to the district courts,"...
Foreign citizens hired to work on the Coral Sul Area 4 gas project, developed by Italy's ENI Rovuma Basin, earn salaries between eight and 20 times higher than Mozambicans in the same company, with equivalent technical qualifications and doing the same job. There are around 200 Mozambicans working on the platform. The complaint...
The Renamo party said today in Maputo that it does not recognize the results of the local elections proclaimed by the Constitutional Council (CC) and called on the population to demonstrate. The president of Renamo, Ossufo Momade, said today at a press conference that the results announced yesterday by the CC, which gave victory to Frelimo in 56 municipalities...
The head of the Renamo party list in Maputo city, Venâncio Mondlane, today gave an ultimatum to Renamo's top leadership to choose between the side of electoral truth or the Constitutional Council (CC). The CC's ruling, which presents the definitive results of the local elections on October 11, 2023, attributes victory to the...
Today in Maputo, the Constitutional Council (CC) validated the results of the local elections held on October 11, 2023, in 65 municipalities across the country. According to the CC's decision, Renamo will govern the municipalities of Chiúre, in Cabo Delgado; Quelimane and Alto Molocué, in Zambézia; and Vilankulo, in Inhambane. The CC decided, on...
The Constitutional Council (CC) announced today that it will proclaim the results of the local elections held on October 11, 2026 tomorrow (Friday 24). In a statement to which MZNews has had access, the CC says that the act will be led by the President of the body, Lúcia Ribeiro, at the Mozambique China Cultural Center. It should be remembered that, in the week...
Mozambique and the European Union (EU) today signed a funding agreement for five projects in the country, each budgeted at between 130 and 140 million euros. Energy, digitalization, the blue economy and technical and vocational training are the areas covered. The agreement was signed at the start of the Business and...
The acquisition of goods and services using less transparent contracting methods (direct award) costs the public purse much more in election years than in non-election years, according to the Center for Public Integrity (CIP). According to this non-governmental organization (NGO), when direct contracting is used in...
The Frelimo party must present to the Constitutional Council (CC) the original notices and minutes that it obtained from the polling stations and which guaranteed its victory in the Maputo municipality. This is the position expressed today by the head of the Renamo party's list for Maputo city council, Venâncio Mondlane, as part of yet another...