| | Between the 27 and 29 of October 1994, approximately 90 per cent of the 6.4m Mozambicans on the electoral register turned out to vote (The Independent, 31 October) in the presence of 2, 200 international observers (The Guardian, 27 October). As in Angola and South Africa, the great efforts and calm conduct of ordinary people to vote proves that facile notions of democracy being inappropriate or premature for Africa are misplaced. Also similar to Angola and South Africa, voting has not only been part of the multi-party process, but part of a process of conflict resolution, making the elections exceptionally tense. |
