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Mozambique: Mondlane’s ‘Shadow’ Over RENAMO Dissipates

CAD maintains the presidential candidacy of VM, approved by the Constitutional Council on 24.JUN, against DANIEL CHAPO (FRELIMO), OSSUFO MOMADE (RENAMO) and LUTERO SIMANGO (MDM). Initially promising, the candidacy of VM, a young and charismatic figure whose only resort to fraud by FRELIMO has prevented a victory in Maputo in the municipal elections (AM 1424), should not overtake the candidate of RENAMO, who benefits from the electoral “machine” and the party’s deployment to remain second ranked. READ MORE