Mozambique’s opposition leader flies home into chaos

IT HAS been three months since a rigged election in Mozambique in which Venâncio Mondlane, the popular opposition candidate, says he was cheated of victory by Frelimo, the party that has ruled the country for half a century. For most of the past few months he has been in self-imposed exile, choreographing from afar protests that security forces have met with brutality. Ahead of the inauguration of the official winner, Daniel Chapo, on January 15th, Mr Mondlane is raising the stakes. He returned on January 9th and has said he will informally swear himself in as president on the day Mr Chapo takes office.