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 candidate Daniel Chapo was declared the winner of the country's presidential election on Thursday amid allegations that the vote was rigged and after two opposition officials were killed by unknown gunmen.

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.