Mozambique: Opposition Leader Venâncio Mondlane Carries the Cross of Mozambique’s Democracy

He says he was cheated out of victory in 2024. Now Venâncio Mondlane is building his party to win in 2029.

“I’m ready to carry this cross,” says Venâncio Mondlane.

That cross is his onerous and perilous mission to topple Mozambique’s ruthless ruling party, Frelimo, while living on the run and watching as his comrades die at the hands of political assassins.

Mondlane is not just a charismatic politician and an engineer but also a part-time pastor, so his almost religious devotion to his cause…