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Renamo calls for Mozambique elections to be cancelled | Renamo calls for Mozambique elections to be cancelled |
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Mozambique's main opposition party has called for Tuesday's elections to be cancelled, citing violence and fraud. | Mozambique's main opposition party has called for Tuesday's elections to be cancelled, citing violence and fraud. |
Renamo accused the ruling party, Frelimo, of violating the August peace deal between the two sides. | Renamo accused the ruling party, Frelimo, of violating the August peace deal between the two sides. |
A European Union observer mission said the elections were marred by an uneven playing field, violence and a climate of fear. | A European Union observer mission said the elections were marred by an uneven playing field, violence and a climate of fear. |
A Frelimo spokesman dismissed the EU statement as "unfounded", saying the elections passed off smoothly. | A Frelimo spokesman dismissed the EU statement as "unfounded", saying the elections passed off smoothly. |
The election is seen as a test of the peace deal between the two parties, which fought a bitter 1975-1991 civil war, with renewed hostilities from 2013-16. | The election is seen as a test of the peace deal between the two parties, which fought a bitter 1975-1991 civil war, with renewed hostilities from 2013-16. |
With preliminary results in from about a third of polling stations, President Filipe Nyusi has a commanding lead in the presidential race, with about 70% of the votes. Renamo's Ossufo Momade is trailing on about 25%. | With preliminary results in from about a third of polling stations, President Filipe Nyusi has a commanding lead in the presidential race, with about 70% of the votes. Renamo's Ossufo Momade is trailing on about 25%. |
Renamo general secretary André Magibiri on Saturday rejected the results being announced, saying they did not correspond to the will of the electorate. | Renamo general secretary André Magibiri on Saturday rejected the results being announced, saying they did not correspond to the will of the electorate. |
He said the electoral process was "brutal and barbaric, with total violence, arbitrary arrests, ballot-box stuffing, and other irregularities". | He said the electoral process was "brutal and barbaric, with total violence, arbitrary arrests, ballot-box stuffing, and other irregularities". |
Election commission officials have denied reports of ballot-stuffing on election day. | Election commission officials have denied reports of ballot-stuffing on election day. |
About 10 people have been killed in election violence, according to a local observer mission. | About 10 people have been killed in election violence, according to a local observer mission. |
The latest deaths were a Renamo official whose body was found with multiple gunshots, along with that of her husband after they went missing on election day, according to Human Rights Watch researcher Zenaida Machado. | The latest deaths were a Renamo official whose body was found with multiple gunshots, along with that of her husband after they went missing on election day, according to Human Rights Watch researcher Zenaida Machado. |
Five days before the election, an election observer was shot dead allegedly by a group of elite police officers. | |
The police say they are investigating the circumstances in which Anastacio Matavel was shot dead. | The police say they are investigating the circumstances in which Anastacio Matavel was shot dead. |
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