Maputo (AFP) – Mozambique's Frelimo party gathered around 4,000 people for a final rally ahead of elections Wednesday when it is likely to maintain a firm grip on power, although with a change of ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambicans will vote on Wednesday in an election that is almost certain to see the ruling party Frelimo maintain its half-century grip on power, despite a stiff challenge ...

The Americans, the Portuguese and others offered military training to the hapless Mozambican army, which seems utterly ...

Election officials in Mozambique have announced ruling left-wing party Frelimo's Daniel Chapo as the winner of the presidential election. Government opponents say the vote was tainted with electoral ...

Over 100 people were killed in protests against election results that opposition groups insist were rigged. But, now, Mozambique's highest court has confirmed the result. The Constitutional Council, ...

Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, probably never stood a chance. It would have needed ghostbusters to really beat the ruling Frelimo in this week’s Mozambique elections. That’s because ...

Barring any major surprises, the socialist Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) will hold on to government despite criticism and disillusion with the party in power since independence from Portugal ...

MAPUTO — Voters thronged polling stations across Mozambique for municipal elections that have been overshadowed by renewed clashes between the two armed groups that put the country through a long ...

The ruling Frelimo party in Mozambique has selected Daniel Chapo, a regional governor who is relatively unknown, as its new leader. This choice positions him as the successor to President Filipe Nyusi ...

Izilda Matola, 27, sits under a torn umbrella surrounded by her fellow vegetable vendors on a hot day at the busy Xipamanine market in Mozambique’s capital Maputo, temporarily joining a group of youth ...

Daniel Chapo, Frelimo's presidential candidate, secured 65 percent of the vote, the seven-judge bench ruled, revising down the initial results of nearly 71 percent, announced in November by the ...

Brazen rigging has marred the Mozambican local authority elections. The court's nullification of some results shows the judiciary's independence so far. A leading political analyst says with Frelimo ...