After a self-imposed exile, Venâncio Mondlane was welcomed home by delirious crowds supporting his claim that the country’s last election was stolen from him by corrupt elites.

He was Venâncio Mondlane, a distant kinsman of Eduardo Mondlane, the first president of Frelimo (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique). Venâncio’s family supported the liberation movement ...

Mozambique's charismatic opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who claims to have won the October 9 general election, has used social media to fire up younger people desperate for change in his ...

Police have fired live ammunition and tear gas to prevent supporters of Mozambique’s main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane from reaching the airport to greet him following his return from ...

Hearings Should Lead to Accountability and ReformOn July 7, the former commander-general of the Mozambican police, Bernardino Rafael, whom the President dismissed in January 2025, appeared before the ...

Venâncio Mondlane, a former opposition presidential candidate and a key figure in months-long protests in Mozambique, said he is severing ties with the Podemos party.

Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane arrives at the Mavalane International Airport in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Carlos Uqueio By The Associated ...

Independent presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane on Friday threatened to call a nationwide strike and bring Mozambique to a standstill if ruling party Frelimo claimed victory in the ...

Supporters of Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane gesture near a checkpoint as they try to get closer to the airport in Maputo on January 9, 2025.

Venâncio Mondlane finds himself at the centre of one of Mozambique’s worst political crises.