Zimbabwe says SADC regional bloc ready to assist troubled Mozambique

FILE - Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, current chairman of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community, SADC, is pictured at Mount Hampden in Zimbabwe, Nov. 2024, during a SADC meeting. Mnangagwa said the post-election violence in Mozambique must end. FILE - Protesters burn tires after Mozambique's ruling party, FRELIMO, retains power in contested election in Maputo, Oct. 24, 2024.

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who is chairing SADC — has said the regional bloc is ready to assist troubled Mozambique engulfed in post-election violence that has claimed more than 100 lives of protesters, according to human rights organizations. South Africa calls for dialogue in the former Portuguese colony, where the opposition is claiming its electoral victory was stolen in the Oct. 9 polls.