Mozambique Opposition Calls Off Rally After Official Is Shot

Mozambique's opposition Renamo party canceled a planned rally Thursday in the port town of Beira after the shooting a day earlier of a senior official, while the ruling party rejected claims it was behind such attacks. Manuel Bissopo, the party's secretary general, was shot by unknown assailants in Beira, the second-largest city in the southern African country and his party's stronghold. He was taken to a hospital and his bodyguard was killed, police said. Renamo's...

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