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Mozambique: Forces Kill Opposition Rebel Leader
Nation, 11 October 2021
The leader of a rebel faction of Renamo, Mozambique's main opposition party, has been killed by the army. Read more »
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Mozambique: Renamo Accuses Frelimo of Undermining Peace
AIM, 5 October 2021
Ossufo Momade, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has accused the ruling party, Frelimo, of handling matters in bad faith and of showing a lack of political will… Read more »
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Mozambique: Leader of 'Renamo Military Junta' Still Wants Talks
AIM, 30 July 2021
The leader of the self-styled "Renamo Military Junta", Mariano Nhongo, has broken a silence that lasted for months to proclaim that he is open to a dialogue to reach peace with the… Read more »
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Mozambique: Military Junta On Defensive
AIM, 13 July 2021
Interior Minister Amade Miquidade on 3 June stated that the gunmen who call themselves the "Renamo Military Junta" are now confined and on the defensive. Read more »
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Mozambique: Nhongo Refuses to Demobilise 'Renamo Military Junta'
AIM, 15 March 2021
Mariano Nhongo, leader of the self-styled "Renamo Military Junta", has labelled his former colleague, Andre Matsangaissa Junior, "a traitor", and has once again refused to… Read more »
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Mozambique: Renamo Military Junta Resumes Ambushes
AIM, 11 January 2021
Despite the ceasefire announced by its leader, Mariano Nhongo, just before Christmas, the dissident "Renamo Military Junta", attacked a convoy of vehicles in the central Mozambican… Read more »
Mozambique Forces Kill Opposition Renamo Rebel Leader Nhongo
Mozambican security forces have killed Mariano Nhongo, the leader of a hardline rebel faction of the main opposition Renamo party who refused to join an international effort to demilitarise.
Fighters led by Nhongo have been on the run in the centre of the country after refusing to demobilise under a peace deal that the Mozambican government signed with Renamo to disarm its military wing, and for its members to join the national army.
Nhongo had since 2019 demanded the reopening of negotiations with the government, while the state blamed his faction for a number of attacks.
In 2019, a long-term peace pledge was signed by Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade in Gorongosa National Park, a rugged wildlife region used by Renamo as its base for more than 40 years.
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