Samora Machel Jr. entered the race for mayor of Maputo today, the final day for registering candidates for 10 October municipal elections, as the head of the list for the Youth Association for Development in Mozambique (AJUDEM), a civil society group. Machel Jr., the son of Mozambican founding father Samora Machel and Graça Machel, had…...

The Praça da Independência, Maputo, features a statue of Mozambique's first president, Samora Machel, in front of the city hall. Photo © Tom Bowker / Zitamar News