Presidential Candidate Afonso Dhlakama of the Mozambican Resistance Movement (RENAMO) speaks to the media after voting in Maputo October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique's opposition party leader Afonso Dhlakama was released on Friday after being detained by security forces in his home for several hours when he emerged from hiding after a shootout that killed 23 members of his entourage last month.
A stalemate between Dhlakama's Renamo and the ruling Frelimo party ended with a deal being signed and opposition forces surrendering a cache of weapons to police.
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