Mozambique's main opposition leader returned from self-imposed exile on Thursday clutching a bible and saying he still rejects the results of a disputed election last year that has sparked more than two months of protests and a violent crackdown by security forces.

Venâncio Mondlane holds ‘inauguration’ at airport amid fears that deadly stand-off with ruling party could destabilise region

Frelimo has ruled Mozambique since the end of the war against Portuguese colonial rule in 1975, clinging on throughout a 15-year civil war that killed a million people before a 1992 truce.

Mozambique's main opposition leader returned from weeks of exile Thursday, insisting he won October's presidential elections and welcomed by thousands of jubilant supporters but at least one person was killed as police tried to disperse the crowds.

Mozambique's opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has returned home from exile where he has been in hiding following October's disputed presidential election that sparked deadly protests.

MOZAMBIQUE’S main opposition leader returned from self-imposed exile today, as security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of his supporters who had gathered to welcome him at the airport.

Supporters greeted Venancio Mondlane at the airport of Mozambique’s capital, in the wake of the disputed election in October

Some speculate that Frelimo is instigating chaos as an excuse to crack down. Security forces have killed around 300 people since the protests began, including 176 in the final week of December alone,

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Mozambique: Thousands of people turned out in the capital, Maputo, to meet main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane after he returned home from more than two months in exile Thursday to push his claim that he won the October presidential election.