See more BNEWS on Google
Brazilians registered to vote in Mozambique took part this Sunday, 4 October, in the first round of Brazil’s General Elections, with Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) receiving more votes than incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the polling station in Maputo.
According to the voting machine report posted after polls closed, Flávio Bolsonaro finished 24 votes ahead of Lula, a difference of around 11 percentage points.
Voting took place in the Overseas Electoral Zone, at Polling Location 1015, Section 0207, which also includes Section 0501. The electronic voting machine opened at 8:00 a.m. and closed at 5:03 p.m., Maputo time.
The other four presidential candidates received a combined total of 12 votes, representing 5.6% of the valid votes cast at the polling station.
The vote was also marked by a high abstention rate. Of the 557 registered voters, only 228 went to the polls, representing a turnout of 40.9%.
A total of 329 registered voters did not cast their ballots, bringing the abstention rate to 59.1%.
The voting report also recorded 214 candidate votes, two blank ballots and 12 invalid votes.
The results refer exclusively to the polling station in Maputo and do not represent the overall outcome of Brazil’s elections, which were also held across Brazil and at several overseas polling stations.
Source: Integrity Magazine / TV Miramar
At least five people were killed and several others injured after a semi-public passenger vehicle veered off the road and overturned in Ancuabe district, Cabo Delgado province.
American rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly benefiting from privileged conditions at the Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix, in New Jersey, United States, where he is serving a 50-month prison sentence.
Three staff members of Xai-Xai Provincial Hospital, in Gaza Province, were arrested in the act on Friday night while allegedly receiving money from patients in exchange for facilitating access to hospital services.
Around 32,000 companies in Maputo City owe approximately 3 billion meticais to the National Social Security Institute (INSS), according to the institution’s delegate in the capital, Hortência Banze.
Choose BNEWS as a preferred source and see more of our reporting when you search on Google.
Guinea-Bissau's Military High Command has announced that security conditions are not in place to allow former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló to return to the country after he was removed from power in the November 2025 coup.
TAAG – Angola Airlines recorded a 5.6% increase in the number of passengers carried between January and September 2026, driven mainly by stronger demand on intercontinental and regional routes.
The Governor of the Bank of Mozambique, Felisberto Navalha, has moved ahead with new measures aimed at stimulating the economy, using mandatory reserves to create financing opportunities for productive sectors, particularly companies with the capacity to export and replace imports.
Authorities in Cabo Delgado are set to intensify inspections at fuel stations as supply constraints persist and complaints increase over alleged favouritism, illegal charges and other difficulties in accessing fuel.
