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Mozambique's Ruling Party Re-elected, Opposition Holds Protests

Protesters burned the flag of the ruling party Frelimo (Credit: AFP)

Mozambique's ruling party was declared to have won disputed presidential and parliamentary elections by a landslide on Thursday as opposition supporters held scattered protests in several cities that resulted in at least one death.

Daniel Chapo from the Frelimo party, which has been in power for half a century, took nearly 71 percent of the votes for president on October 9, the National Election Commission (CNE) announced.

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