Maputo residents look towards peace, a brighter future, and a new president

(8 Oct 2024)
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Maputo, Mozambique - 8 October 2024
1. Various of street and flags of ruling party Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo)
2. Various of posters of independent candidate Venancio Mondlane
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Anabela (no last name given), Maputo resident:
"I hope that these elections are elections that manage to change something. That they are active elections and that they make Mozambique really change the way we are living. We're living very hard (lives) because things are expensive."
4. Various of political flags
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Julio Macamo, Maputo resident:
"We hope for a new future, that the future will be better. From these phases that we've already been through. We want the new government to bring success."
6. Various of political party flags
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Sheila Duarte Timana, Maputo resident:
“So if the president-elect creates the better conditions that we've been asking for for a long time, I think the people would be very happy."
8. Various of billboard of Frelimo presidential candidate Daniel Chapo
9. Poster of Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM) presidential candidate Lutero Simango
10. Wide of Maputo street scene
STORYLINE:
Some residents of Mozambique's capital of Maputo on Tuesday hoped results of an election, due to be held on Wednesday, will bring about a brighter future.

Mozambicans are expected to turn out in large numbers on Wednesday for an election that will choose a successor to President Filipe Nyusi after his two terms.

"I hope that these elections are elections that manage to change something...We're living very hard (lives) because things are expensive," said Maputo resident Anabela.

Close to 17 million voters in the southern African nation of 31 million people are registered to vote for the next president along with 250 members of parliament and provincial assemblies.

While the ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, or Frelimo, is widely expected to retain power, at least four candidates have been campaigning to bring change to a country which faces a yearslong jihadist insurgency in its north and whose long Indian Ocean coastline is vulnerable to extreme climate conditions like flooding.

Over 1.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to the insurgency, while millions more have faced severe food shortages due to drought.

The local elections held in Mozambique a year ago were marred by allegations of vote-rigging and fraud, sparking violent protests in the capital, Maputo, and surrounding areas. This time, concerns have been muted.

“If the president-elect creates the better conditions that we've been asking for for a long time, I think the people would be very happy," added Maputo resident Sheila Duarte Timana.

AP Video shot by Jesús Sanjurjo

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