Is it a wave of change or accidental windfall as incumbents lose hold?

Botswana President Duma Boko during his inauguration at the National Stadium in Gaborone on November 8, 2024. [AFP]

Dramatic presidential elections are, and have been in the last few weeks, happening in Africa. To the surprise of many observers, incumbents are suffering heavy losses to the opposition.

But the curse of disputed polls, post elections protests and violence, however, still hangs over the continent’s electoral systems and democracy. A case in point is what is happening in Mozambique at the moment.

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