Mozambique’s top court has confirmed the governing party Frelimo’s victory in an October election which prompted massive protests by opposition groups who say the vote was rigged.
The Constitutional Council’s Monday ruling is likely to trigger further protests in the Southern African country of close to 35 million people which Frelimo has governed since independence from Portugal in 1975.
Provisional results from the electoral commission, which has not commented on allegations of fraud, showed Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo won the presidency by a landslide while the party increased its majority in parliament. The Constitutional Council validated the results on Monday.
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