Elections in Mozambique 2019

In October 2019 I covered the elections in Mozambique, from its capital Maputo. For ZDFheute I analysed how the dominant FRELIMO party risked the outbreak of further violence in the South-East-African country by putting considerable pressure on the Mozambican voters. In another story, I portrayed the hopes and fears of Mozambique’s younger generation. Many of the people I spoke with had great hopes for things changing for the better in a country that has been hit hard by economic crisis and climate misfortunes like cyclones Idai and Kenneth in spring 2019.

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We need more schools, more employment, more hospitals. Our gouvernment hardly provides for anything.” António, 32 years