Factbox-What are the key issues in Mozambique elections?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi addresses the "Summit of the Future" in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambicans will vote next week in presidential and legislative elections that are almost certain to extend the ruling Frelimo party's half century in power, as it battles a long-running Islamist insurgency in one of Africa's largest gas fields.

Ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo, a former radio announcer and law lecturer, is widely expected to replace Filipe Nyusi as president of the southeast African nation.

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