Voting starts in Mozambique
Polls have opened for the 10 million voters in Mozambique casting their ballot in the most upbeat election since ending the civil war 24 years ago. Frelimo’s Felipe Nyusi is expected to win the contest and replace Armando Guebuza as president. Ends intro The real race is between Afonso Dhlakama’s Renamo and the breakaway Mozambique […]
Mozambique’s three-horse race
More than ten million Mozambicans are registered to vote in today’s poll which is the closest in forty years of independence. Frelimo, that’s ruled the country for all this time, has put up a no-change candidate Felipe Nyusi who’s favoured to replace president Armando Guebuza. Today voting is a test of the country’s stability […]
Ebola death toll approaches 4 500
As the Ebola death toll approaches 4 500, the World Health Organisation expects it to be early next year before the infection rate reduces. US President Barak Obama says the world has to do more to curb the haemorrhagic disease. The infection rate of Ebola is reducing in the areas of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia […]