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                   Mozambicans Vote for President, Parliament

   by VOA News

   People in Mozambique are voting Wednesday in an election that is
   expected to keep the country's ruling party in power.

   Former defense minister Filipe Nyusi heads the ticket for the Frelimo
   party, seeking to replace President Armando Guebuza, who is
   constitutionally barred from serving a third term.

   Nyusi faces challenges from Afonso Dhlakama from the opposition Renamo
   party, which has accused Frelimo of monopolizing political and economic
   power, and Daviz Simango of the newly-formed Mozambique Democracy
   Movement.

   Renamo signed a peace deal with the government last month to end two
   years of periodic clashes.  The former rebel movement had threatened to
   pull out of the 1992 agreement that ended Mozambique's civil war.

   The southern African country has one of the continent's fastest growing
   economies, spurred on by recent discoveries of coal and natural gas.

   In addition to choosing a president, voters will also select a new
   parliament and provincial assemblies.

   Frelimo has ruled Mozambique since the country won independence from
   Portugal in 1975.

   Material for this report came from AP, AFP, and Reuters.
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