Tag: Renamo
Mozambique’s police kill leader of armed splinter group of main opposition...
Mozambique’s police said on Monday that they had killed the commander of an armed wing of a breakaway faction of the main opposition group...
Mozambique initiative to reintegrate opposition fighters
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi launched an initiative to disarm and reintegrate the military wing of the country's main opposition party, Renamo, as...
ISS: Could Afonso Dhlakama’s death bring permanent peace to Mozambique?
The sudden death on 3 May of Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) party, has created both risks and...
Renamo extends Mozambique truce indefinitely
The leader of Mozambique's Renamo opposition party and rebel movement said he was extending a ceasefire indefinitely, part of an agreement reached...
Mozambique ceasefire extended
Mozambique's Renamo opposition party has extended a ceasefire for two months to allow dialogue with President Filipe Nyusi's government and reduce civilian...
Renamo will not abandon talks with Mozambique government
Mozambique's opposition party Renamo will not abandon talks with the government, its spokesperson said, after one of its senior officials was shot...
Senior Renamo member shot and killed on beach
A senior official of Mozambique's Renamo opposition party was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on a Maputo beach, Renamo's national spokesperson was...
Hostilities in Mozambique creating tension on Zimbabwe’s border
A resurgence in hostilities between Mozambican armed forces and Renamo rebels has triggered widespread fear among Zimbabweans living in eastern Manicaland Province...
ISS: Mozambique – devolution or revolution?
The internationally mediated new peace talks between the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) – its official...
ISS: The perfect storm – Mozambique’s compounding crises
A perfect storm is brewing in Mozambique as rocky economic and political fortunes stoke the embers of a decades-old conflict.
Twenty-four years after...
ISS: Mozambique: there’s more to peace than silencing the guns
‘We hadn't understood the war, and now we didn't understand the peace. But everything seemed to be going well, after the guns...
Renamo gunmen attack train in central Mozambique
Gunmen from rebel group Renamo attacked a train in central Mozambique on its way to a coal mine, injuring the driver's assistant,...
Mozambique opposition wants inquiry into possible police death squad
Mozambique's opposition on Wednesday demanded an independent investigation into a spate of unexplained killings and the possible existence of a police death...
Mozambique opposition wants inquiry into possible police death squad
Mozambique's opposition on Wednesday demanded an independent investigation into a spate of unexplained killings and the possible existence of a police death...
Malawi to reopen refugee camp as Mozambicans flee violence
Malawi will reopen a former refugee camp to cope with an influx of around 250 Mozambicans a day fleeing political discord and...
ISS: Mozambique’s success story under threat
Since mid-2015, over 3 000 refugees from Mozambique have fled to neighbouring Malawi and are being housed in camps set up by...
Fearful Mozambicans flee as old foes clash
When Mozambican troops hunting opposition fighters attacked his village this week, 10-year-old Wit Messenger turned and ran, leaving behind parents he may...
Mozambique’s opposition Renamo calls off rally after official shot
Mozambique's opposition Renamo party cancelled a planned rally on Thursday in the port town of Beira after a senior official was shot...
Top Renamo official shot by unknown assailants
A senior official of Mozambique's Renamo opposition party was shot and wounded on Wednesday, hours after he accused pro-government militia of killing...
Mozambique’s opposition leader released after being held by police in his...
Mozambique's opposition party leader Afonso Dhlakama was released on Friday after being detained by security forces in his home for several hours...