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.

Mozambique's main opposition leader returned from weeks of exile Thursday, insisting he won October's presidential elections and welcomed by thousands of jubilant supporters but at least one person was killed as police tried to disperse the crowds.

The unrest has left hundreds of people dead and injured, interrupted regional energy supplies, severed a key global trade route for chrome used to make stainless steel, and prompted a nascent supplier of graphite to Tesla to declare force majeure.