On October 9, 2024, during Mozambique’s national election, Venancio Mondlane (R), the presidential candidate for the Optimistic Party for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos), presents his identification to an electoral official as he comes to cast his ballot at a polling place in Maputo.
The Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo), which has been in power for 49 years after obtaining independence from Portugal in 1975, is trying to prolong their hold on power. The country’s presidential election began on Wednesday.
Daniel Chapo, the 47-year-old candidate of the ruling party, is running to succeed President Filipe Nyusi, who has served two terms and is at the end of his tenure.
There are currently four contenders, including 50-year-old independent Venancio Mondlane, who is anticipated to present the biggest threat to Frelimo and Chapo’s established supremacy.
In this roughly 33 million-person nation, voters will also choose provincial governors and members of Parliament in addition to the president.
Significant obstacles that Mozambique has had to deal with include a bloody insurrection of jihadists in the country’s north and serious climate problems that have caused drought and flooding.
Over 1.3 million people have had to leave their homes due to the ongoing insurgency, and millions more are suffering from acute food shortages.
This election cycle seems to have reduced fears of unrest after the previous one, which was tainted by allegations of vote-rigging and fraud that resulted in violent riots in the capital, Maputo.
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