Mozambique's opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane, who has been calling for protests for weeks from exile, has said he will return to the country on Thursday. Mondlane said he would arrive ahead of the swearing-in of a new president next week.

Venâncio Mondlane, presidential candidate of Mozambique’s Podemos party, returns to Maputo on Thursday to announce a new phase of protests. After two months abroad, he vows to end the violence, honouring the victims and challenging the election results that led to widespread unrest.

The Mozambique opposition leader who has led more than two months of deadly protests against disputed election results from outside the country announced Sunday he would return ahead of the inauguration of the new president.

The Mozambique opposition leader announced that he would return January 9 ahead of the inauguration of the new president