Malawian Vote-Registration Kit Found in Mozambique, Worrying Opposition Parties, NGOs

Street and food vendors approach passengers on a train in northern Mozambique on March 10, 2018. Malawian NGOs and opposition parties are asking why an election kit for the country’s elections next year were found on a train in neighboring Mozambique. Adrien Barbier/AFP/Getty Images

BLANTYRE, Malawi—Ahead of next year’s general elections in Malawi, opposition groups and NGOs are questioning why a voter-registration kit was found in neighboring Mozambique.

The southeastern African nation’s government, supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has adopted a biometric system of vote administration for the first time. But late last month, one of the kits—which includes a laptop to store voter data, a fingerprint scanner, and a camera—were discovered on a train in Mozambique.