1 February 2008
Maputo — Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has reshuffled his party's top officials, a move intended to improve Renamo's performance ahead of the 2008 municipal and 2009 general elections.
The Renamo national spokesperson, Fernando Mazanga, confirmed to AIM on Friday that he is no longer head of the Renamo Information Department, a post now occupied by a former member of parliament, Rahil Khan.
Mazanga remains an advisor to Dhlakama on matters of communication, and is still the party's official spokesperson. He will also be in charge of Renamo's "image and marketing", potentially an extremely important role in the forthcoming electoral battles.
Dhlakama has also set up a new organisation department that will be headed by Joao Alexandre, a former general secretary of Renamo, and currently a member of the Standing Commission of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic.
The post of head of the Renamo department of social affairs and demobilized soldiers had fallen vacant with the death of Mario Frank. Dhlakama appointed Jose Manuel to this position - both Frank and Manuel were senior officers, a general and a colonel respectively, in the Renamo army during the war of destabilisation.
Dhlakama removed Artur Vilanculos from his post head of the Renamo foreign affairs department, replacing him with Ivone Soares.
Armindo Milaco retains his position as head of the Renamo mobilization department.
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