• Assembly Amends Election Laws

  May 1, 2024 | 17:37 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Tuesday passed a series of amendments to the electoral legislation, some of which might increase transparency and avoid fraud.

• - Government to Register 15 Million Undocumented Women

  May 1, 2024 | 17:36 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Justice Ministry intends to register and issue birth certificates and identity cards to about 15 million women.

• Mozambique - Spotlighting IDPs' Land Access Issues

  May 1, 2024 | 06:45 am

  [AI London] On 16 July 2020, the President of the Republic of Mozambique triggered the process of land law reform through a public consultation. The Committee for the Revision of the Law has already produced two draft bills and the[…]

• In brief

  Apr 29, 2024 | 15:07 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Insurgent attacks force evacuation of registration brigades in Chiure: Some villages in Chiure district were attacked by insurgents, and STAE evacuated registration brigades. On Tuesday 23 April, at 16.00, insurgents attacked the village of Nantavo,[…]

• In Renamo Zones, Voters Walk 20 km and Wait For Two Days in the Hope of Being Registered

  Apr 29, 2024 | 15:02 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The national head of social affairs of the MDM, pastor Maiba Wache, has denounced the existence of areas where the potential voters are obliged to walk for more than 20 km to register, in Mossurize[…]

• Registration of Ghost Voters in Chókwè

  Apr 29, 2024 | 14:50 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Our correspondents in Chókwè, Gaza, saw non-existent voters being registered in some posts. During their observation rounds, they found typists introducing information into the computer without a single voter registering. Chókwè was the district where[…]

• 93,000 Ghosts Registered in Inhambane, Where STAE Also Seems to Have Lied To Its Own CPE

  Apr 29, 2024 | 14:46 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] More than 93,000 "ghost" voters, who do not exist, had already been registered in Inhambane by 20 April, one week for the end of registration today. This is the number of registered voters more than[…]

• African Troops Will Remain in Cabo Delgado

  Apr 27, 2024 | 13:02 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended to the end of this year the operation of the South African armed forces (SANDF), in the fight against islamist terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

• Ports and Rail Company Handled 26.6 Million Tonnes in 2023

  Apr 26, 2024 | 18:05 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned Ports and Rail Company (CFM) handled, in 2023, 26.6 million net tonnes.

• MSF Supports Families of Shipwreck Victims in Nampula

  Apr 26, 2024 | 14:04 pm

  [MSF] Nearly 100 people died in the accident, including at least 55 children

• Ramaphosa Approves $95m Military Extension in Mozambique, DR Congo

  Apr 25, 2024 | 12:57 pm

  [New Times] South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, April 25 approved the extension of the military deployment in DR Congo and Mozambique, according to his office. Earlier, on April 7, while in Kigali, he said that a political solution[…]

• Drunken Policeman Opens Fire in Mavago

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:35 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There was panic in the village of Lijombo 2, Mavago, Niassa, yesterday (Monday 22 April) when a drunken police agent began by insulting the nearby people and fired several shots in the area of the[…]

• STAE Agent Killed By Elephant in Niassa

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:33 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] A 27 year old STAE civic education agent was trampled to death by an elephant while he was working to persuade potential voters to register. The incident happened in Cumela village, in the Marangira administrative[…]

• Collection of Card Numbers Stepped Up in Morrumbene

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:32 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The observers from Mais Integridade (''More Integrity'') report that in Morrumbene directors of state institutions and neighbourhood leaders were instructed to collect voter card numbers and the place where each person registered for purposes that[…]

• Mobiles Collected at Dead of Night

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:31 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In several districts of Inhambane, the mobile-IDs are being collected at night by STAE technical staff, and are returned early the following day, according to the observers from Mais Integridade. In some cases, the number[…]

• Publicity works - 2 When a Supervisor Arrives, Computers Suddenly Work in Alto Molócuè

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:29 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In Alto Molócuè, we reported all last week that known Frelimo people could register, but would-be Renamo voters were told the Mobile-ID, the registration computer, did not work. The publicity finally attracted a visit by[…]

• Publicity works - 1 CNE Deputy Chair Finally Notices Nampula Has Too Few Registration Brigades

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:28 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Fernando Mazanga, deputy chair of the National Elections Commission (CNE), has responded to our report last week (Bulletin 248, 16 Apr) by admitting that the CNE approved too few registration brigades in rural Nampula. He[…]

• Observers Report 1 in 8 Registration Posts Not Working

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:26 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mais Integriadade observers visited 1792 registration posts in the week 14-20 April, and found 234 not working. This is 12% of registration posts - a high number and much higher than earlier reports by STAE[…]

• STAE Agrees to Destroy Proof of Election Crimes in Muembe

  Apr 25, 2024 | 11:24 am

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The régulo (traditional chief) Chitalo, from the village of the same name in Lutuesse, Muembe, Niassa, submitted a list to the local registration post of 108 members of the community to be registered as priorities,[…]

• Angola and Mozambique Sign Two Legal Instruments

  Apr 24, 2024 | 13:42 pm

  [ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and Mozambique signed two legal instruments on Tuesday, in the Mozambican city of Maputo, to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

• Growth of Mozambican Economy Will Remain Modest, Says IMF

  Apr 23, 2024 | 18:02 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that the growth of the Mozambican economy will remain modest in the coming years, since significant challenges remain.

• Military Escorts Interrupted in Cabo Delgado

  Apr 23, 2024 | 18:00 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The military escort for vehicles using the N380 highway in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado was interrupted on Monday, on the stretch between Macomia and Oasse, because of a clash between the peasant militia known[…]

• Central Committee to Choose Presidential Candidate On 3 May

  Apr 23, 2024 | 17:56 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The Political Commission of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party on Monday announced that it has called an extraordinary meeting of the party's full Central Committee for 3 May with the sole purpose of choosing the Frelimo candidate for[…]

• OCHA Seeks $413m for Humanitarian Crisis in Northern Mozambique

  Apr 22, 2024 | 11:33 am

  [VOA] Maputo, Mozambique -- The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, known as OCHA, is seeking $413 million in emergency aid to support over 1 million people in northern Mozambique dealing with climate disasters and an insurgency concentrated[…]

• Registration Stopped Because of Shipwreck

  Apr 16, 2024 | 12:50 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Since last Sunday (7 April) the registration post at the Quivulane EPC, in the Lunga administrative post, in Mossuril district, has been paralysed because of the tragedy of the shipwreck which killed 98 people. All[…]

• In Maputo Some Posts Register Fewer Than Five Voters a Day

  Apr 16, 2024 | 12:47 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Few new voters are registering in districts where most of the population registered last year for municipal elections, as the photo shows.

• Fake Machine Breakdown Preventing Opposition Voters From Registering in Alto Molócuè

  Apr 16, 2024 | 12:41 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Alleged breakdowns of the Mobile-ID computers in Alto Molócuè are deliberate. Our correspondents visited eight voter registration posts there and found "breakdowns" at all of them. We found that supervisors have received instructions not to[…]

• Punch-up Between High Court and Constitutional Council Over Who is in Charge

  Apr 16, 2024 | 12:32 pm

  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Both the High Court (TS) and Constitutional Council (CC) took their electoral battle to parliament last week. The district counts come under the High Court, which says the district court can annul elections. The CC[…]

• Pirates Release Ship Hijacked in Mozambique Channel

  Apr 15, 2024 | 17:05 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- Somali pirates have released the Bangladeshi-flagged merchant vessel "Abdullah', hijacked over a month ago, long with its 23 member crew - but only after a ransom of five million US dollars was paid.

• Venancio Mondlane Barred From Running for Renamo Presidency

  Apr 15, 2024 | 17:04 pm

  [AIM] Maputo -- The National Council of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year's municipal elections, from running for the Renamo presidency at the party congress, scheduled[…]