Venâncio António Bila Mondlane (born 17 January 1974) is a Mozambican engineer and politician. In the 2024 presidential election, Mondlane ran for President of Mozambique as a member of the PODEMOS party.

While Venancio Mondlane stepped off a plane, security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of his supporters who gathered near the Mavalane International Airport in the capital, Maputo, to welcome him home.

Jan 9, 2025 · After a self-imposed exile, Venâncio Mondlane was welcomed home by delirious crowds supporting his claim that the country’s last election was stolen from him by corrupt elites.

Jan 6, 2025 · Mozambique's opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane, who has been calling for protests for weeks from exile, has said he will return to the country on Thursday. Mondlane said he would arrive ahead...

Venâncio Mondlane of the opposition Partido Otimista pelo Desinvolvimento de Moçambique (Podemos) – who was awarded 24% by the electoral commission – states that vote tallying by his officials show that he won the 9 October polls...

Dec 24, 2024 · Mozambique's main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections.

Oct 19, 2024 · Elvino Dias, a lawyer and advisor to opposition presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane, was killed late Friday night by gunmen in two vehicles who riddled his car with bullets in the city of...

Nov 4, 2024 · Mozambique opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane, the runner-up in last month's disputed presidential election, says he has escaped an assassination attempt in South Africa, where he sought refuge...

Oct 19, 2024 · Leading supporters of the top opposition presidential candidate, Venâncio Mondlane, were fatally shot in their car following an election marred by allegations of fraud.

Jan 8, 2025 · Today, Venâncio Mondlane finds himself at the centre of the worst political crisis to have shaken Frelimo’s 50-year rule of Mozambique, the resource rich but impoverished southern African country...