A Mozambican soldier stands next to an armoured vehicle as they escort vehicles trying to reach the Ressano Garcia border post between Mozambique and South Africa on November 13, 2024. Mozambique's opposition leader on November 11, 2024 called for crippling protests this week over contested elections won by the ruling Frelimo party, in power since the country's 1975 independence from Portugal.
Venancio Mondlane, who won 20 percent of the October 9 vote according to the election authority, claims the ballot was rigged. Protests over the results have already claimed 30 lives, according to Human Rights Watch.
He asked supporters to demonstrate in the capital Maputo, the provincial capitals, along the country's borders and at the southern African country's ports. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)