{"id":228946,"date":"2024-10-09T16:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/mozambique-heads-to-the-polls-amid-insecurity-and-drought-induced-hunger\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T16:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T16:01:58","slug":"mozambique-heads-to-the-polls-amid-insecurity-and-drought-induced-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/mozambique-heads-to-the-polls-amid-insecurity-and-drought-induced-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique heads to the polls amid insecurity and drought-induced hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/643\/64356191.295.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party chant slogans during a rally in Beira\" title=\"Supporters of Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party chant slogans during a rally in Beira\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Supporters of Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party chant slogans during a rally in Beira<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Voters in Mozambique are set to head to the polls in an election that is almost certain to see the governing party Frelimo maintain its half-century grip on power, despite a stiff challenge from a charismatic newcomer.<\/p>\n<p>Close to 17 million voters in the Southern African nation of 31 million people, are registered to vote on Wednesday for the next president along with 250 members of parliament and provincial assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>President Filipe Nyusi from the Frelimo party, is stepping down after two terms and the party\u2019s candidate, Daniel Chapo, is expected to replace him. Frelimo has governed Mozambique since independence from Portugal in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>This time, independent candidate Venancio Mondlane has captured the support of disenchanted youth and poses the biggest threat to Frelimo in years, political analysts say.<\/p>\n<p>He also poses a challenge to the official opposition party, Renamo, which was formerly a rebel movement waging a decades-long bush war against the government.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins will face insecurity in the north that has halted multibillion-dollar gas projects and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p><b>Main issues for leaders to address<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mozambique has been fighting an ISIL-affiliated group that has launched attacks on communities in the northern province of Cabo Delgado since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 600,000 of the 1.3 million people who fled have since returned home, many to shattered communities where houses, markets, churches, schools and health facilities have been destroyed, the United Nations said earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates have promised to address development issues exacerbated by the insecurity, including the halting of a crucial gas project by French energy company TotalEnergies in northern Mozambique as a result of the armed groups\u2019 activities there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese areas where there is terrorism are an attack on all Mozambicans,\u201d Chapo told a cheering rally of supporters in Maputo on Sunday, pledged to defend Mozambique\u2019s \u201cpeace, sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique also faces high levels of unemployment and hunger, exacerbated by El Nino-induced severe drought. According to the UN World Food Programme, 1.3 million people face severe food shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the country of 35 million people is emerging from an economic crisis caused in part by a hidden debt scandal, in which former finance minister Manuel Chang was jailed earlier this year for taking payoffs to arrange secret loan guarantees for government-controlled fishing companies.<\/p>\n<p>The loans were plundered, and Mozambique ended up with $2bn in \u201chidden debt,\u201d spurring a financial crisis as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) halted financial support.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders have pledged to tackle the financial issues in their campaign messages.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF said in July that Mozambique needed to manage its budget better to create space for social spending, given high debt levels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party chant slogans during a rally in Beira Voters in Mozambique are set to head to the polls in an election that is almost certain to see the governing party Frelimo maintain its half-century grip on power, despite a stiff challenge from a charismatic newcomer. Close to 17 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mozambique heads to the polls amid insecurity and drought-induced hunger - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/mozambique-heads-to-the-polls-amid-insecurity-and-drought-induced-hunger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mozambique heads to the polls amid insecurity and drought-induced hunger - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supporters of Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party chant slogans during a rally in Beira Voters in Mozambique are set to head to the polls in an election that is almost certain to see the governing party Frelimo maintain its half-century grip on power, despite a stiff challenge from a charismatic newcomer. 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