Veronica Macamo, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Mozambique and member of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) smiles at the end of the annoucemment of the results of the 2024 presidential elections in Maputo on December 23, 2025. The Constitutional Council of Mozambique ratified on Monday the electoral victory of Frelimo, in power for half a century, in the October elections, questioned by street protests that caused more than a hundred deaths.
The presidential candidate of the ruling party, Daniel Chapo, obtained 65% of the votes, the country's highest court ruled, revising downward the initial results of almost 71%. (Photo by Amilton Neves / AFP)