Mozambique's Constitutional Council, the nation's highest court, confirmed Monday the disputed October election results that extended the ruling Frelimo party's half-century grip on power.
Ruling party presidential candidate Daniel Chapo secured 65% of the vote, the seven-judge bench ruled, revising down the initial results of nearly 71%.
The final results follow two months of street protests that left more than 130 people dead in clashes with police, according to the civil society monitoring group Plataforma Decide.
Monday's ruling is likely to spark further protests in Mozambique, Reuters reports. Frelimo has governed Mozambique, a Southern African country of close to 35 million people, since 1975.
Second placed opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has said that the election was stolen from him. Several international observer missions have also said there were irregularities.
Mondlane, who has taken refuge abroad for fear of his safety, vowed to call "a popular uprising" if the Constitutional Council approved Chapo's victory.
(AFP/Reuters)
