Voters were busy across the globe in 2024 and more than a dozen countries in Africa staged presidential, parliamentary or local elections.
Nairobi, Kenya —
Many analysts, including Maputo's Center for Democracy and Human Rights' Director Adriano Nuvunga, predicted a Frelimo win despite heavy youth support for Mondlane. Her main challenger, however, called the elections flawed, after multiple examples of election day technical difficulties and ballot paper shortages were documented.
Simphiwe Malambo, an architect in South Africa. welcomed the change telling VOA"The ANC is finally going to be in a position where they have to reconsider how they've been approaching running the country." But others like Strathmore University professor Edgar Githua question his popularity within the country.
University of Ghana's senior lecturer Kwame Asah-Asante told VOA that many voters in the country were thinking about the economy and their financial situations when they cast ballots because"it's a bread-and-butter issue. We've seen time and again that anytime you have a very difficult economy, campaigning becomes difficult for the government of the day," he said.
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