Mozambique’s Chapo takes presidential seat

Mozambique’s Chapo takes presidential seat

MAPUTO – Mozambique swore in Daniel Chapo as president yesterday following months of post-election violence that an NGO says has killed more than 300 people.

Vowing “to devote all my energies to defending, promoting and consolidating national unity”, Chapo (48), extends his Frelimo party’s 50-year rule of the gas-rich African nation. Opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane claims that the October election was rigged.
-Nampa/AFP