MOZAMBIQUE PROTESTS: DEATH TOLL NEARS 300

The violence that broke out after Mozambique's disputed presidential election on 9 October has spilled over into 2025. According to local monitoring group Plataforma_decide, at least 278 people have been killed in the post-vote violence - with more than 3,000 sustaining injuries.

Opposition candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who has been in exile since late October, has just returned to his homeland, setting up a potential showdown between security forces and his supporters.

Mondlane and his supporters have rejected the results announced by the country's electoral body as fraudulent. Despite the official results favouring ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo, the opposition leader insists that he is the rightful winner of the elections. He has vowed to swear himself in as the country's president on 15 January, the same day Chapo will be inaugurated.

Sources:https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdd681e68qpo

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