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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Daniel Chapo was sworn in at a time of widespread anger directed at his party, Frelimo, which has led the country for 50 years and was accused of rigging the election. Daniel Chapo was sworn in as ...

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 followed months of mass nationwide protests, the largest uprising against FRELIMO in its nearly half-century of rule since Mozambique's independence from Portugal in 1975. Fearing that the ...

A local civil society monitoring group says more than 300 people have been killed in clashes with security forces since the Oct. 9 vote, which the opposition says Frelimo won through vote-rigging ...

Opposition leader Mondlane, who is popular with Mozambique’s youth, asserts the results were rigged in favor of the ruling Frelimo party that has been in power for 50 years. Over the weekend ...

Daniel Chapo of Mozambique’s long-ruling Frelimo party has been sworn in as president of the country. Taking the oath in front of a group of approximately 1,500 supporters on Wednesday ...

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 ...