Below is a statement by observers aligned with The Commonwealth on the recent Mozambique elections.

With over a third of polling station results sheets now processed, the provisional count from Wednesday's general election, undertaken by the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), the electoral branch of the Mozambican civil service, shows that the incumbent President, Armando

The European Union Election Observation Mission to Mozambique has praised the Mozambican general election held on Wednesday for its efficient organisation, but has warned of "transparency shortcomings" in the electoral process as a whole.

Results from entire districts and cities from the Mozambican general election held on Wednesday are now becoming available.

Mozambican voters resident in South Africa voted overwhelmingly in support of President Armando Guebuza and the ruling Frelimo Party in Wednesday's general elections.

The Commonwealth Observer Group on Friday launched its interim statement on the Mozambican general elections held on Wednesday, praising the general conduct of the poll, but criticizing the National Elections Commission (CNE) for its lack of transparency.

The first significant violence arising from Mozambique's general elections, held on Wednesday, has occurred not over votes, or allegations of fraud, but over money.

Mozambique's incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country's presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced.

Reeling from his crushing defeat in Wednesday's general elections, Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has threatened "to take power by force".

The vast majority of polling station results from Wednesday's general election, reported by AIM, Radio Mozambique and other local media, are clean, and above board - but they are a few which raise suspicions.

The Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), the electoral branch of the Mozambican civil service, on Thursday night issued a set of provisional results from the general elections held on Wednesday, confirming the overwhelming victory for the ruling Frelimo Party that

In what must be a very bleak day for Mozambique's veteran opposition politician, Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the former rebel movement Renamo, he can at least take comfort from the loyalty of voters in his home district of Chibabava, in

Dozens of small companies defied instructions from the Mozambican Labour Ministry by refusing to give their staff time off work so that they could vote in Wednesday's general elections.

In the results from Wednesday's Mozambican presidential election, the mayor of Beira and leader of the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), Daviz Simango, is ahead in his home city - but, in the 40 voting sites visited by AIM, containing about

As more results from Wednesday's general election reach Maputo, it is becoming ever clearer that the ruing Frelimo party has won a stunning victory.

In Maputo city, polling stations visited by AIM so far all show the mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango, and his party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), coming second in Wednesday's general elections - albeit a long way behind President Armando

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza is set to win Wednesday's presidential election easily in the city of Quelimane, capital of the central province of Zambezia.

In only one district in the country so far has the Radio Mozambique count of the polling station result sheets from Wednesday's general election given any candidate other than the incumbent President, Armando Guebuza, a majority of votes.

The vast majority of the 12,694 polling stations in Mozambique's general and provincial elections held on Wednesday did indeed open on time, at 07.00, declared the general director of the electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), the electoral branch of the