Mozambique: Boycott Gives Frelimo Victory in Nacala

Maputo — Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party won Sunday’s repeat municipal election in the northern port city of Nacala with 91 per cent of the votes cast – but this victory was only possible because the main opposition party, Renamo, boycotted the election.

A parallel vote count undertaken by the civil society observation consortium “Mais Integridade’ (“More Integrity’), based on the results sheets (“editais’) of the 18 Nacala polling stations where the election was re-run, showed that Frelimo…