Mozambique: Chooses Candidates for Sofala, Manica and Maputo Provinces

Maputo — Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party on Saturday night chose the governors of Sofala, Manica and Maputo provinces, respectively Lourenco Bulha, Francisco Tomas and Manuel Tule, to head the Frelimo lists for the provincial elections scheduled for 9 October.

All three of these governors were elected unopposed at extraordinary meetings of the Frelimo provincial committees. Bulha and Tomas won 100 per cent of the votes, while, according to the Frelimo First Secretary in Maputo province,…