Mozambique: Election Observers Intimidated and Threatened

Maputo — Reports from four northern Mozambican districts indicate that local directors of the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) are attempting to prevent independent observation of the current voter registration.

The anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP) says that in Ribaue and Larde (in Nampula province), and in Mecufi and Ancuabe (in Cabo Delgado), STAE directors are refusing to allow CIP correspondents to observe the registration, even though they have…