Only one party, the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Mozambique Liberation Front, or FRELIMO), has ruled the country since Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.

Mozambique’s opposition leader, Venancio Mondlane, has vowed to continue challenging the ruling party, Frelimo, following the disputed 2024 elections. Mondlane accused the party and its ...

New president of Mozambique Daniel Chapo during his swearing in ceremony. Credit: X/PrimatureRwanda New Mozambican president, Daniel Chapo – member of the Frelimo ruling party – was sworn in this past ...

He accuses Chapo's Frelimo party of rigging the election, a claim that has won a groundswell of support and demands for "electoral justice". There have been widespread calls for dialogue to end ...

In an exclusive interview with DW, he accused the ruling Frelimo party of hypocrisy. Venancio Mondlane, Mozambique's opposition leader who ran for the presidency with the support of the Optimist ...

In contrast, Mozambique’s October elections have plunged the country into turmoil. The victory of Frelimo and its presidential candidate have been fiercely challenged by opposition presidential ...

The youths became inspired by the 1974 Samora Machel-led FRELIMO victory in Mozambique and were convinced that liberating Zimbabwe was indeed possible. Cde Mvundura and fellow cadres crossed the ...

Outraged citizens took to the streets after evidence of election-tampering was overlooked and Frelimo was once again declared the winning party, extending its almost 50-year rule. Some 300 people ...