Mozambique Presidential Advisory Group Proposes Electoral Reform

Mozambique’s Council of State, a group that advises the president, called for “profound” reforms to the way elections take place in the southeast African nation after an Oct. 9 vote triggered an unprecedented wave of deadly violence.

The advisory body, which includes former presidents, an opposition leader and the head of the Constitutional Council, called for the de-politicization of the organizations in charge of the elections and measures to promote transparency and the credibility of the process, the presidency said in a statement late Wednesday.