Mozambique’s government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025. It is 50 years since independence, won after an anti-colonial war against Portugal led by the same ...

FRELIMO made some gains in the north but RENAMO kept control over large areas there and in the center. In the south, where the RENAMO vote was insignificant in 1994, it did slightly better.

For decades, Frelimo, Mozambique’s ruling party since independence in 1975, has been plagued by allegations of corruption, electoral fraud, and authoritarian tendencies. Public anger reached a ...