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Mozambique: Cracks Form in Latest Push for Peace
The New Humanitarian, 3 September 2019
A landmark peace accord to end decades of conflict in Mozambique is facing setbacks just a month after being signed, as splits form in the rebel-turned-opposition party that… Read more »
Cracks Form in Mozambique's Latest Push for Peace
Although Mozambique's government and the former rebel organisation, Renamo, finally signed a peace pact, the southern African country is haunted by a splinter group within Renamo which has threatened to use armed attacks to make the October 15 elections impossible. Meanwhile, despite the increased Defence and Security Forces presence in Cabo Delgado, insurgents in the province continue to carry out raids.
President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade (top left) Renamo Military Junta leader Mariano Nhongo (top right), Cabo Delgado (bottom left) and Renamo military Junta militia (bottom right).
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Mozambique: What Must Happen for There To Be Lasting Peace After Accord
The Conversation Africa, 9 September 2019
The Mozambican government recently signed a peace deal with the Renamo opposition party, in time for elections in October. This is the most decisive step so far towards ending a… Read more »
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Mozambique: Observers Warn of Increasing 'Political Intolerance'
AIM, 9 September 2019
The campaign ahead of Mozambique's general elections, scheduled for 15 October, ran peacefully for the first two days, but there was an alarming rise in violence and political… Read more »
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Mozambique: Vehicles Ambushed, Renamo Dissidents Suspected
AIM, 9 September 2019
Unidentified gunman opened fire on four vehicles near the Pungue river, on the border between Gorongosa and Nhamatanda districts, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala on… Read more »
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Mozambique: Police Arrest Brawling Frelimo and Renamo Members
AIM, 8 September 2019
Tete (Mozambique), 8 Sep (AIM) - A supporter of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party, and a sympathiser of the main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, came to blows… Read more »
InFocus
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In a message that could shake Mozambican politics, Mariano Nhongo, the man who claims to be the legitimate leader of Renamo, says his armed wing will prevent the elections ... Read more »
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Although the Mozambican government has reinforced the Defence and Security Forces presence in all districts where attacks by the unidentified armed groups operating in Cabo Delgado ... Read more »
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Mozambique has been ranked as the country with the highest risk of money laundering and terrorist finance in the world, according to a report issued by the Basel Institute of ... Read more »
