African News Explained

After weeks of escalating tension between the movements involved in Mozambique's 1980s civil war, voters are casting their ballots in municipal elections Wednesday. Former rebel group Renamo, now the main opposition party, is boycotting the vote and has resumed the armed struggle. Clashes with government forceshave left several people dead and dozens injured in the centre of the country. Historian Eric Morier-Genoud discusses what is at stake in the polls.