- The Mozambican ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) party is expected to regain the majority in todays elections, which will also return president Armando Guebuza to a second term in office.
Polling station across the country mostly closed within the set time for the day, with no major incidences reported.
Some observers in the fourth democratic elections of Mozambique have already ruled them as peace, free and fair.
The Frelimo party has ruled Mozambique since it gained independence from Portugal in 1975, and won convincingly all multi-party elections in the country since 1994, following a peace accord that ended almost two decades civil war.
With the main opposition Renamo led by Afonso Dhlakama reportedly fragmentded, Frelimo is expected to post yet another easy win over its opponents.
Mr Dhlkama has vowed never to contest again if he loses today's election.
Nineteen political parties have been registered to contest in this years election, which also for the first time are encompassing the presidential, parliamentary and provincial assemblies elections.
afrol News - It is called "financial inclusion", and it is a key government policy in Rwanda. The goal is that, by 2020, 90 percent of the population is to have and actively use bank accounts. And in only four years, financial inclusion has doubled in Rwanda.
afrol News - The UN's humanitarian agencies now warn about a devastating famine in Sudan and especially in South Sudan, where the situation is said to be "imploding". Relief officials are appealing to donors to urgently fund life-saving activities in the two countries.
afrol News - Fear is spreading all over West Africa after the health ministry in Guinea confirmed the first Ebola outbreak in this part of Africa. According to official numbers, at least 86 are infected and 59 are dead as a result of this very contagious disease.
afrol News - It is already a crime being homosexual in Ethiopia, but parliament is now making sure the anti-gay laws will be applied in practical life. No pardoning of gays will be allowed in future, but activist fear this only is a signal of further repression being prepared.
afrol News / Africa Renewal - Ethiopia's ambitious plan to build a US$ 4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 km from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to neighbouring countries.
front page
| news
| countries
| archive
| currencies
| news alerts login
| about afrol News
| contact
| advertise
| español