Mozambique: Dhlakama Admits Renamo Carried Out Ambushes

Maputo — The leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama, on Wednesday admitted that Renamo was responsible for ambushes on the main north-south highway in late June.

Speaking at a press conference in his bush headquarters at Satunjira, in the central district of Gorongosa, Dhlakama said the purpose of the attacks was to prevent the transport of troops and weaponry up the road to attack his headquarters.

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