The Mozambique opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane claimed Tuesday to have escaped an assassination attempt in Johannesburg, where he has been hiding since the announcement of the disputed general election results in October.

Mondlane said in a livestream on his Facebook page that killers had tracked him down to the affluent Sandton area of the city where had been staying...

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