Chapo inaugurated despite ongoing unrest

Mozambique President Daniel Chapo last week took the oath of office in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed election results. The Citizen reports that Chapo extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation amid claims by opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane that the vote was rigged, which sparked unrest that an NGO says has left more than 300 dead. Chapo vowed ‘to devote all my energies to defending, promoting and consolidating national unity, human rights, democracy and the well-being of the Mozambican people’. But on the eve of the inauguration, Mondlane threatened to ‘paralyse’ the new government with daily demonstrations following his earlier calls for a national strike in the days leading up to the ceremony.

Full report in The Citizen