Mozambique: U.S. Has Not Recognised Mondlane As Winner of Mozambican Election

Maputo — Reports that US President-elect Donald Trump has recognised independent presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane as the winner of Mozambique’s 9 October general election are entirely false, according to the Mozambique chapter of the regional press freedom body, MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa).

Since Tuesday Mozambican social media have carried a video of Trump allegedly recognising Mondlane’s victory. In the video, Trump supposedly says “Mozambicans are sending me messages on…