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Four candidates to fight for the presidency

    JOHANNESBURG

    Four candidates have registered for the December presidential elections, a Mozambican electoral official was quoted by news reports as saying. They are: President Joaquim Chissano of the governing FRELIMO party, Afonso Dhlakama of the country’s main opposition party Renamo, Yaqub Sibindi of the smaller Pimo party and Wehia Ripua, leader of the Mozambican Opposition Union.

    The parliamentary and presidential elections will run concurrently on 3 and 4 December. Mozambique held its first democratic elections in 1994. FRELIMO won 129 seats in parliament, Renamo 112 and the Democratic Union nine seats in the 250 seat assembly.

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