Constitutional Adviser Shot to Death in Mozambique

Authorities in Mozambique say a prominent academic and constitutional law scholar, who has openly supported greater autonomy for parts of Mozambique, has been shot to death. Police say Gilles Cistac, who taught law at the prestigious Eduardo Mondlane University and wrote for an opposition newspaper, was at a local coffee shop when he was shot several times by someone in a passing car. He later died of his wounds at Maputo's Central Hospital. Cistac, a Mozambiquan of French origin,...

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