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• Mozambique's Highest Court Upholds Victory for the Ruling Frelimo Party
  [VOA] Maputo -- Mozambique's top court has declared election victory for the country's ruling Frelimo Party and its 47-year-old presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, in an election process marred by widespread rigging that sparked nearly two months of violent protests, causing the deaths of more than 100 people and injuring several others. Frelimo has been in […]
• Exam Boycott Affected About 35,000 Students
  [AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's National Association of Teachers (ANAPRO) has claimed that the teachers' boycott of final exams in primary and secondary schools affected about 35,000 students across the country.
• Opposition Leader Mondlane Calls for General Strike After ConCourt Decision
  [AIM] Maputo -- The Constitutional Council, Mozambique's highest body in matters of constitutional and electoral law on Monday proclaimed the candidate of the ruling Frelimo Party, Daniel Chapo, as the winner of the presidential election held on 9 October, and hence as the country's next President.
• Cyclone Chido Leaves 94 Dead in Mozambique
  [AIM] Maputo -- The known death toll from tropical cyclone Chido, which hit several districts in the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula last weekend has risen from 34 to 94.
• Constitutional Court Reject Recount Request, Call for New Polls
  [RFI] The highest court in Mozambique, the Constitutional Council, confirmed the disputed October election results that extended the Frelimo party's 50-year grip on power.
• Why Should Anyone Believe Any of the Election Results?
  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The National Election Commission (CNE) did not follow the law. The Constitution Council (CC) did not order a recount so there was no comparison with actual ballot papers. Instead the CC spent eight weeks comparing documents to try to decide which ones were fake. And no one considered the million […]
• CC Gives Frelimo Landslide Victory Despite Major Fraud
  [Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The Constitutional Council (CC) today gave Frelimo president, a majority in parliament, and all provincial governors. The CC confirmed major fraud, taking 6% of presidential votes and 26 parliament seats away from Frelimo. But the CC gave no explanations for its changes, which were large enough to show fraud and […]
• Japanese Bank Criticized for Financing Mozambique LNG Project Blamed for Displacement
  [IPS] Nairobi -- Climate and environmental activists from Japan have criticized the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for financing the controversial Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project to the tune of USD 3 billion in a loan signed in July.
• Mozambique in Negative Highlights of 2024 Election Year - Mo Ibrahim Foundation
  [AIM] Maputo -- The International NGO, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation believes that Mozambique is one of the negative highlights of the 2024 election year in Africa as a result of the "political process that excludes the will of the people.'
• President Assures the Country He Will Leave Office in January
  [AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday assured the nation he has no intention of staying in office beyond the end of his current term, in mid-January 2025.