Africa Monitor Intelligence

Mozambique: FRELIMO Pre-Candidates Position While Nyusi Postpones Process

 
For the first time in the history of FRELIMO, seven months before the presidential elections there are still no known pre-candidates, a factor of great uncertainty and unrest within the party. More than a dozen names circulate as likely successors of FILIPE NYUSI (FN), who completes his term with the general elections planned for OCT.

A group loyal to the Association of Fighters for the Liberation of Mozambique (ACLIN), the party's veterans, has been challenging the candidates proposed by FN and demands the power to once again decide who should be the next PR. READ MORE