Mozambique’s Constitutional Council (CC) today upheld a decision by the National Election Commission (CNE) to exclude the organisation headed by the son of Mozambique’s first President from the Maputo municipal election next month. Samora Machel Júnior, known as Samito, was running to be mayor of the capital at the head of a list of candidates…...

The Praça da Independência, Maputo, features a statue of Mozambique's first president, Samora Machel, in front of the city hall. Photo © Tom Bowker / Zitamar News