This week, the President of Renamo, Ossufo Momade, and the academic and senior member of Frelimo, Lourenço do Rosário, presented their analysis of terrorism in Cabo Delgado. Although they did so on different occasions, they seem to agree on two fundamental aspects: the need to identify and talk to the 'ringleader' of the terrorists and to...
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Ossufo Momade at the Maputo Judicial Court
The Maputo City Judicial Court has scheduled a hearing for this morning to hear Ossufo Momade on the ongoing case that the court decided in favor of Venâncio Mondlane, a senior member of Renamo. It should be noted that in light of the injunction, the Maputo City Court ordered Ossufo Momade...
Ossufo Momade turns his back on spokesman Manteigas and speaks of Venâncio Mondlane's follies
Renamo President Ossufo Momade is distancing himself from statements made by spokesman José Manteigas about him being the only candidate to succeed himself as party leader. Speaking in an interview with STV on Wednesday, Ossufo Momade said there had not yet been a party council to decide who the party's next candidate would be and...
Renamo president accuses international community of betrayal and false guarantees in favor of Frelimo
The President of the Mozambican National Resistance, Ossufo Momade, accuses the international community of betrayal and false guarantees of creating the conditions for fair and credible elections. "We were betrayed. When we were there in the Gorongosa mountains, the community said that everything would end, that they had spoken to Nyusi and Frelimo about...
Renamo: Court upholds Venâncio Mondlane and suspends administrative acts of Ossufo Momade
The Judicial Court of Maputo City has just ruled in favor of Renamo MP Venâncio Mondlane in the first injunction he filed against Ossufo Momade, President of the Renamo party. In other words, the court ruled in favor of the MP and senior member of Renamo and consequently suspended all acts...
Filipe Nyusi and Ossufo Momade discuss the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, received Renamo leader Ossufo Momade in an audience at the Presidential Office yesterday (07), during which the two sides took the opportunity to exchange views on various matters of national interest. According to a note from the Presidency of the Republic, the two leaders discussed the situation...
Venâncio Mondlane appeals to court to force Ossufo Momade to schedule Congress
The MP and senior member of the Renamo party, Venâncio Mondlane, yesterday filed an injunction with the Maputo City Court to force Ossufo Momade to comply with the statutes and set the date for the Renamo Congress. "The statutes of the Renamo party are clear and evident. The obligation, the competence to set the date...
"End of Ossufo Momade's term should not be a cause for concern for Renamo members"
Renamo spokesman José Manteigas says that the end of Ossufo Momade's mandate on January 17 should not be a cause for concern among party members. To this end, the source assured that the party rejects any pressure for its organs to meet urgently. According to the spokesman for that political formation,...
CIP: "Ossufo Momade wants to stay in power so as not to lose the perks of the second most voted candidate"
The Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a non-governmental organization, believes that the "millions of meticais from the State Budget (OE)" lead Ossufo Momade to want to keep the presidency of Renamo, the largest opposition party, in an election year. At issue are the statements made by the spokesman for that political force, José Manteigas, who said last Wednesday that...
José Manteigas says that Ossufo Momade is the only candidate with the requirements for the presidential race
The spokesman for Mozambique's largest opposition party, José Manteigas, says that Ossufo Momade is the party's only candidate with the requirements to run in the presidential elections. In an interview with the newspaper "O País", and in a clear hint to the supporters of Venâncio Mondlane's candidacy, Manteiga said that running in the local elections was not...