Mozambique elite police on trial for murder of poll observer

Six members of Mozambique’s elite police unit have gone on trial for the murder of a prominent election observer in a case that has gripped the southern African nation. Anastacio Matavele, 58, was shot dead at the wheel of his car in the city of Xai-Xai shortly before nationwide elections last October. Over the past week, half a dozen elite police officers have testified in court in the southern province of Gaza, four of whom have confessed to…