In a ruling on Monday, judges of the Constitutional Council named Daniel Chapo as the next president, confirming that the Frelimo candidate won 65 percent of the vote, as opposed to a previously ...

The court, called the Constitutional Council, said irregularities in the election “did not substantially influence the ...

Chapo is due to officially take charge of the southern African country in January, becoming Mozambique's first president born after independence from Portugal in 1975, when Frelimo took power.

Mozambique's top court has declared election victory for the country’s ruling Frelimo Party and its 47-year-old presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, in an election process marred by widespread ...

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Violence that engulfed Mozambique after the country's highest court confirmed ruling Frelimo party presidential candidate Daniel Chapo as the winner of disputed Oct. 9 ...

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.

The Secretary-General of the African National Congress, Fikile Mbalula, sent a congratulatory message to the President of ...

Constitutional Council validates results of the October polls that extended Frelimo party’s half-century grip on power. Daniel Chapo, presidential candidate of the ruling Frelimo party ...

With limited experience in politics or government, Chapo would be Mozambique's first president born after independence and the first not to have served as a Frelimo fighter. Frelimo has ruled the ...