Mozambique Holds National Elections Amid Expectation of Ruling Party Victory

Mozambicans are set to choose their next president and parliament in a national election on Wednesday, with 80% of the population under 35 voting for change. The Frelimo party, which has ruled the country since independence in 1975, is fielding a new candidate, Daniel Chapo, a 47-year-old provincial governor who was relatively unknown until being chosen in May as the successor to outgoing president Filipe Nyusi. The Renamo party, a former opponent in a civil war that lasted from 1977 to 1992 and cost an estimated 1 million lives, is also vying for power.