Mozambique: Latest Elections Widen Mozambique’s Democratic Deficit

SADC remains silent as electoral fraud, post-election violence and the murder of opposition figures undermine democracy.

On 9 October, Mozambique held its seventh general election since 1994, cementing its status as an electoral democracy. Multiparty polls have taken place over 30 consecutive years without fail, but unless they are free and fair, elections won’t reverse the democratic backsliding in the Southern African nation.

The final outcome of the presidential, legislative and provincial…