Mozambique: Mdm Announces Mayoral Candidates

Maputo — Mozambique’s second largest opposition party announced on Saturday, as expected, that it will be running the mayor the central city of Beira, Albano Carige, for a second term of office at the municipal elections scheduled for 11 October.

Beira is currently the only municipality in the country run by the MDM. The founder of the party, Daviz Simango, was mayor of Beira from 2003 until his death in February 2021, when he was succeeded by Carige.

Speaking to reporters in Beira, after a…