Ruling party in Mozambique emerges victorious in controversial election denounced as ‘rigged’

Ruling party in Mozambique emerges victorious in controversial election denounced as ‘rigged’

Mozambique’s electoral commission announced that Daniel Chapo, the new leader of the long-ruling Frelimo liberation party, won the country’s presidential election in a vote marred by irregularities and the murder of two advisers to his leading rival. Authorities said Chapo, whose party has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975, secured 70.6 per cent of the … Read more