2024–2025 Mozambican Protests
Since 11 October 2024, demonstrators in Mozambique have mounted protests against the 2024 Mozambican general election. Background General elections were held in Mozambique on 9 October 2024 to elect the List of presidents of Mozambique, president, the 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique), Assembly of the Republic and members of the ten provincial assemblies. The ruling FRELIMO party, which has increasingly become marked with growing concerns of authoritarianism and impunity amid the controversies surrounding the 2023 Mozambican local elections, 2023 local elections and the 2019 Mozambican general election, 2019 general election, was declared the winner of the election, with its leader, Daniel Chapo, proclaimed as President of Mozambique, president-elect. This was disputed by Venâncio Mondlane, with his party Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique, PODEMOS claiming Mondlane had received 53% of the vote using data from their poll observers. The resul ...
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Maputo
Maputo () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed over a land area of . The Metropolitan Maputo, Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 2,717,437. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce. It is noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture. Maputo was formerly named Lourenço Marques (; until 1976). Maputo is situated on Maputo Bay, a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The city consists of seven administrative divisions, which are each subdivided into Quarter (urban subdivision), quarters or ''bairros''. The city is surrounded by Maputo Province, but is administered as a self-contained, separate Provinces of Mozam ...
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