As part of Global Voices’ fundraising challenge campaign called “Behind the Story,” we will feature 30 contributors in 30 days. In this series, we ask each contributor about a particular story they have written and why working on it mattered to them. These reflections from these contributors remind us why it is important to ensure that the Global Voices Newsroom is sustainable.

In this insight, Tirso Sitoe from Mozambique shares thoughts on why working on the story “Post-election demonstrations in Mozambique inspire protests against socioeconomic crisis in Angola” was especially meaningful.

In October 2024, we had the post-election protests in Mozambique that resulted in a scale of post-election violence never before seen in independent Mozambique. These protests placed young people in a marginalized position, directly confronting the police in major urban centers. However, I chose to portray this narrative, stepping outside my comfort zone for safety reasons, and write about Angola, a country plagued by the same cyclical political crises that Mozambique is experiencing. I believe this is an act of citizenship: using different lenses to consider youth activism in situations of political crisis.

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