Mtoa Taarifa
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Mahakama ya juu ya Msumbiji imethibitisha ushindi wa chama tawala cha Frelimo katika uchaguzi wa Oktoba, ambao umezusha maandamano makubwa ya makundi ya upinzani ambayo yanadai kulikuwa na wizi mkubwa wa Kura.
Baraza la Katiba ndilo lenye uamuzi wa mwisho kuhusu mchakato wa uchaguzi na uamuzi wake huenda ukazua maandamano zaidi nchini Msumbiji, nchi ya Kusini mwa Afrika yenye takriban watu milioni 35 ambayo Frelimo imetawala tangu 1975.
Soma Pia:
Takriban watu 130 wameuawa katika makabiliano na polisi, kwa mujibu wa shirika la ufuatiliaji wa mashirika ya kiraia la Plataforma Decide.
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Mozambique's top court on Monday confirmed the ruling party Frelimo's victory in an October election, which has sparked massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged.
The Constitutional Council has the final say over the electoral process and its ruling is likely to spark further protests in Mozambique, a Southern African country of close to 35 million people that Frelimo has governed since 1975.
Western observers have also said the election was not free and fair, and the post-election period has seen the biggest protests against Frelimo in Mozambique's history.
At least 130 people have been killed in clashes with police, according to the civil society monitoring group Plataforma Decide.
Provisional results in late October from the electoral commission, which has not commented on allegations of fraud, gave Frelimo's Daniel Chapo the presidency by a landslide while the party retained its majority in parliament.
The Constitutional Council on Monday proclaimed Chapo president-elect and confirmed Frelimo's majority.
Frelimo has consistently been accused by opponents and election observers of rigging votes since it first allowed elections in 1994, although it has repeatedly denied those accusations.
Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who came second in the presidential election, had warned before Monday's announcement that Mozambique would descend into chaos if the court confirmed Frelimo's win.
"Even though the signs were there, we never thought that the electoral truth would be trampled. The will of the people was obliterated," Judite Simao, a representative for Mondlane, told reporters after the court's announcement.
The post-election unrest has already affected the operations of foreign companies including the Australian mining firm South32 (S32.AX), opens new tab and led to the temporary closure of the main border crossing with neighbouring South Africa.
A senior International Monetary Fund official told Reuters this month that Mozambique's 2024 economic growth would likely be below a previous 4.3% forecast because of the unrest and the impact of this month's Cyclone Chido.
Baraza la Katiba ndilo lenye uamuzi wa mwisho kuhusu mchakato wa uchaguzi na uamuzi wake huenda ukazua maandamano zaidi nchini Msumbiji, nchi ya Kusini mwa Afrika yenye takriban watu milioni 35 ambayo Frelimo imetawala tangu 1975.
Soma Pia:
- Mgombea wa Chama Tawala cha FRELIMO ashinda Urais Msumbiji
- Yanayojiri kwenye Uchaguzi Mkuu wa Msumbiji: FRELIMO (Chama rafiki ya CCM) kushinda Uchaguzi 09 Oktoba?
Takriban watu 130 wameuawa katika makabiliano na polisi, kwa mujibu wa shirika la ufuatiliaji wa mashirika ya kiraia la Plataforma Decide.
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Mozambique's top court on Monday confirmed the ruling party Frelimo's victory in an October election, which has sparked massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged.
The Constitutional Council has the final say over the electoral process and its ruling is likely to spark further protests in Mozambique, a Southern African country of close to 35 million people that Frelimo has governed since 1975.
Western observers have also said the election was not free and fair, and the post-election period has seen the biggest protests against Frelimo in Mozambique's history.
At least 130 people have been killed in clashes with police, according to the civil society monitoring group Plataforma Decide.
Provisional results in late October from the electoral commission, which has not commented on allegations of fraud, gave Frelimo's Daniel Chapo the presidency by a landslide while the party retained its majority in parliament.
The Constitutional Council on Monday proclaimed Chapo president-elect and confirmed Frelimo's majority.
Frelimo has consistently been accused by opponents and election observers of rigging votes since it first allowed elections in 1994, although it has repeatedly denied those accusations.
Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who came second in the presidential election, had warned before Monday's announcement that Mozambique would descend into chaos if the court confirmed Frelimo's win.
"Even though the signs were there, we never thought that the electoral truth would be trampled. The will of the people was obliterated," Judite Simao, a representative for Mondlane, told reporters after the court's announcement.
The post-election unrest has already affected the operations of foreign companies including the Australian mining firm South32 (S32.AX), opens new tab and led to the temporary closure of the main border crossing with neighbouring South Africa.
A senior International Monetary Fund official told Reuters this month that Mozambique's 2024 economic growth would likely be below a previous 4.3% forecast because of the unrest and the impact of this month's Cyclone Chido.
