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Social media has been restricted in Mozambique as one of the main challengers in last month's disputed election remains in hiding calling for protests - Internet watchdog NetBlocks said restrictions to WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram began on Thursday, while there had been disruption to mobile data soon after election day on 9 October.

For the past day WhatsApp, for example, gets cut off for hours at a time - and although a connection can be made intermittently, making calls on the app has not been possible for the whole of Friday

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Police say they believe Mondlane - a part-time pastor and independent candidate who insists he was the true winner of the polls - is in neighbouring South Africa

He has been imploring his supporters in social media videos to demonstrate over the next week against the official poll results

Mondlane disappeared from public view 12 days ago, accusing the police of threatening behaviour not long after two of his aides were shot dead in the run-up to release of the results.

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International election observers have also said the elections were flawed, pointing to doctored numbers and other irregularities during the counting process.

bbc.com/news/articles/c39l931z

The electoral commission has now been ordered by the Constitutional Court to hand over all the records and tally sheets.

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