Mozambique votes for president in election that could extend the ruling party's 49 years in power

(9 Oct 2024)
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Maputo, Mozambique - 9 October 2024
1. Various of people outside polling station
2. Various of woman marking and casting her ballot
3. Various of man marking and casting his ballot
4. People waiting outside polling station
STORYLINE:
Mozambique is voting for a new president in an election on Wednesday that could extend the ruling party’s 49 years in power since the southern African nation gained independence from Portugal in 1975.
Daniel Chapo, 47, is the candidate for the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, or Frelimo, seeking to succeed President Filipe Nyusi, who has served a maximum two terms.
Analysts say the strongest challenge to Chapo and Frelimo's dominance will likely come from 50-year-old independent Venancio Mondlane.
People also will vote for the makeup of Parliament and for provincial governors in a country of some 33 million people that went through a bloody, 15-year civil war that ended in 1992, and more recently has been shaken by an ongoing violent jihadist insurgency in the north.
Ending that insurgency and bringing stability to Cabo Delgado province - where 1.3 million fled their homes and more than half remain displaced - is a pledge by both leading candidates, while poverty, youth unemployment and government corruption are top issues for voters.
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