Moazmbique’s ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential election amid claims of rigging by the opposition.

Mozambique's ruling party Frelimo has retained power in this month's national election, extending its five-decade rule in the Southern African state as the opposition cried fraud. Frelimo's Daniel Chapo,

Daniel Chapo, presidential candidate of the ruling Frelimo party casts his vote during the general elections at Inhambane, in the southern Mozambique, October

But as a lawyer for an opposition leader, in an election year, he felt it was his duty to speak out. “In a country as upside down as ours, truth and justice have their price,” he wrote, “and the biggest price is the death of the one who says it.

Ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo declared as winner of Mozambique presidential election as claims of rigging swirl

The atmosphere in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, is tense, local media report. Footage shows empty streets and closed businesses. The main opposition candidate, Mondlane, has calle