The meeting called by the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, with the four candidates who stood in last month's presidential elections

The runner-up in Mozambique's October 9 presidential elections, Venancio Mondlane, has accepted President Filipe Nyusi's offer to join discussions with him and three other candidates in hopes of ending weeks of postelection protests and violence that have left at least 30 people dead in the southeast African country.