The seven-judge bench ruled that Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo had secured 65% of the vote, revising down the initial results of nearly 71%. Frelimo has governed Mozambique since 1975.

It's prevented by the entrenched power of the political, economic and military elites through Frelimo (Mozambique Liberation Front), the ruling party. Frelimo has dominated since the country's ...

Frelimo denies accusations of electoral fraud. It has ruled Mozambique since the end of the war against Portuguese colonial rule in 1975, clinging on throughout a 15-year civil war that killed a ...

Over 100 people were killed in protests against election results that opposition groups insist were rigged. But, now, Mozambique's highest court has confirmed the result. The Constitutional ...