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Mozambique president-elect urges ‘unity’ amid unrest, citizens fleeing

Mozambican security forces are seen next to a burning barricade in Maputo on December 24, 2024 [Amilton Neves/AFP]

Mozambique’s president-elect has called for “non-violence” and “unity” after widespread rioting this week sparked by his governing party’s contested election win.

Daniel Chapo, of the long-governing Frelimo party, said on Friday that he “regretted” the violence, and promised that after his inauguration in mid-January, he would be “the president of all” in the Southern African country, despite opposition claims of widespread vote-rigging.

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