Mozambique's main opposition leader returned from self-imposed exile on Thursday clutching a bible and saying he still rejects the results of a disputed election last year that has sparked more than two months of protests and a violent crackdown by security forces.

Mozambique's opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has returned home from exile where he has been in hiding following October's disputed presidential election that sparked deadly protests.

Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned home on Thursday, after fleeing in the days following a hotly contested October election that sparked demonstrations in which scores of protesters have been killed.

Thousands of people turned out to meet Mozambique's main opposition leader after he returned home from more than two months in exile Thursday to push his claim that he won the October presidential election.

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.

By Manuel Mucari and Custodio Cossa MAPUTO (Reuters) -Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned from self-exile on Thursday, defiantly claiming to have won a hotly contested October election,

The opposition leader, who fled the country three months ago, flew home Thursday and told reporters he was ready to talk.

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.

Mozambique's main opposition leader on Thursday returned from more than two months in exile saying he was ready to take part in talks over disputed election results that have led