Mozambique: Dhlakama Extends Ceasefire to 4 May

Renamo head Afonso Dhlakama Friday (3 March) announced that "from 4 March, tomorrow, to 4 May this year, we will have a 60 day cease fire." (In fact, there are 61 days between 4 March and 4 May.) He was speaking by telephone from his base in Gorongosa to a press conference in Maputo.

He confirmed that he remains in regular phone contact with Nyusi, and said the peace talks "are on a good path". Dhlakama continued: "I can confirm that we've actually done building work since December, and we've reached this consensus - I personally and the President of the Republic, my brother Filipe Nyusi. It was not an easy job, it was a hard negotiation - the work of leaders."

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