Internet shutdown as Mozambique voting ends

The country experienced an internet blackout but the main operators, most notably Movitel, the operator most used in rural areas and the north.

The shutdown made it impossible to access social networks and share information and data about the closing of the polls and the count. A precisely 9 pm Movitel resumed service.

Most polling stations closed promptly at 6 pm without queues, only a few still had people waiting to vote at the Amilcar Cabral EPC in Lichinga, Niassa, only one polling station still had 10 voters after 6pm but in Nmpula, there were 111 voters at the EPC.

As polling stations closed for voting on 11 October, Mozambique has troubled history when it comes network during elections, since 1994 there have been several allegations of vote rigging, assassinations of opposition and civil society leaders, and other violent incidents that have tainted the electoral process.

Source:AllAfricanews