The political commission of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo, the party in power) has asked the government to move forward with institutional and administrative reforms in the state, including ...

Neighboring South Africa has shut its border post with Mozambique and heightened security around it. What happened in the election? The candidate for the ruling Front for the Liberation of ...

Daniel Chapo of the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, or Frelimo, is on course to win the vote, according to the provincial results, and succeed President Filipe Nyusi, who has served ...

Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, has been covered in red banners for weeks. Red is the color of FRELIMO, the "Liberation Front of Mozambique." Especially since August 24 — the day when the ...

Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano sees the social unrest following the October elections as a "growing pain" in ...

Mozambique's Ruling Party Candidate Declared Winner of Presidential Election as Rigging Claims Swirl MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique's ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo was declared the ...

These sources of instability include the following factors: Limited political space is available for countervailing voices, owing to the dominance of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ...

Across Maputo are red flags pierced by harsh sunlight and faded walls plastered with posters of Frelimo, the party that has been in power in Mozambique ... pickup stops in front of the market ...

Election-rigging claims are nothing new in the southeast African nation, where the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front, known by its Portuguese acronym Frelimo, has been in power since independence ...

Mondlane, who came second to the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) candidate Daniel Chapo, has bitterly contested the election outcome, citing widespread voter fraud.

Since Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975, adopting multiparty democracy in 1992, the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) has maintained control. FRELIMO and the Optimist ...