Mozambique opposition leader returns from self-exile, police use tear gas on supporters


FILE PHOTO: Independent candidate for the presidency of Mozambique Venancio Mondlane speaks during an interview in Maputo, Mozambique, October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Sisipho Skweyiya/File Photo

MAPUTO (Reuters) -Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned from self-exile on Thursday, defiantly claiming to have won a hotly contested October election, but security forces later used tear gas to disperse supporters who had gathered to greet him.

The disputed Oct. 9 poll, which Mondlane says was rigged, has sparked demonstrations over the past few months in which hundreds of protesters have been killed in the southern African nation of 35 million.

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