Weeks of protest and strikes called by the opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane and supported by his allied partyPartido Otimista pelo Desinvolvimento de Moçambique (Podemos) are due to culminate in a mass march in the capital Maputo on 7 November...

Calls by opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane for more strikes on 31 October in protest at what he and other oppositionists insist are fraudulent results is fuelling the sense of crisis following the disputed elections on 9 October...

Opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane is calling for a two-day national strike to bring the economy to a standstill as protests escalate in the wake of the disputed national elections on 9 October (AC Vol 65 No 21 Mondlane's vote surge overturns the status quo)...

A politician and part-time pastor Partido Otimista pelo Desinvolvimento de Moçambique (Podemos) leader Venâncio Mondlane has dragged Mozambique to the brink of ending nearly 50 years of single-party rule by the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo)...

Ruling party Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) and leading opposition politician Venâncio Mondlane an independent who ran on the ticket of the tiny Partido Otimista pelo Desinvolvimento de Moçambique (PODEMOS) are both claiming victory in the most contested elections since multi-party politics started in 1994 (AC Vol 65 No 1 Frelimo set to steal polls again)...

The youth voted overwhelmingly for opposition candidate Venâncio Mondlane and his associated party Partido Otimista pelo Desinvolvimento de Moçambique (Podemos) the polls suggest (AC Vol 65 No 21 Mondlane's vote surge overturns the status quo)...

He faces Ossufo Momade of main opposition party Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo); Lutero Simango of Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM); and Venâncio Mondlane a wild card quasi-independent standing for minor party Partido Otimista pelo Desenvolvimento de Moçambique (PODEMOS) who some in Frelimo believe to be Chapo's main rival...

Rising stars of the younger generation such as Quelimane mayoral candidate Manuel de Araujo and his counterpart in Maputo Venancio Mondlane are key contenders...

Long held by Frelimo Maputo was expected to swing to main opposition party Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) led by popular mayoral candidate Venancio Mondlane amid deep disappointment with Frelimo in urban areas (AC Vol 59 No 21 Poll knocks Frelimo confidence)...