Young and old people were given Mozambican identification documents and real voter cards from an unspecified source and were instructed to vote for Daniel Chapo, Frelimo's presidential candidate.

The opposition says Frelimo won the election through vote-rigging and Western observers say it was not free and fair. Frelimo denies accusations of electoral fraud. It has ruled Mozambique since ...

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 ...

His announcement came as his supporters staged violent protests across the country to demand an end to the 49-year-rule of the Frelimo party. The capital Maputo was like a ghost town on Christmas ...

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 ...