Elections and African electoral system: challenges and prospects for Mozambique

Abstract

This article discuss about the question related by elections and the African electoral system. The study systematizes challenges and perspectives for Mozambique, an African country whose electoral process has degenerated in tension, conflicts and post-electoral crises. Based on qualitative research, supported by the historical and analytical method, documentary research, systematic literature review and participant observation, the study concludes that the African electoral system is still in the process of being built, believing that in the near or long future it will have its autochthonous, safe and functional mechanism, capable of preventing and reducing electoral and post-electoral crises and conflicts.