It’s been a year since Frelimo and Renamo signed the Maputo Accord. This time, the peace might just hold
Afonso Dhlakama, the Mozambican rebel leader, was a quixotic, charismatic figure
Several sources in the Renamo party said the veteran rebel leader passed away after an unconfirmed heart attack
Afonso Dhlakama demands that a caretaker government be put in place to reform the electoral institutions.
After an electoral overhaul, Renamo’s Afonso Dhlakama is confident that the upcoming presidential election will be the first with credibility.
Despite support waning drastically, former rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama is pulling the numbers in the Mozambique presidential election campaign.
Mozambique’s president Armando Guebuza and rebel Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama signed a peace deal in Maputo, bringing to an end a two-year conflict.
Mozambique’s armed forces have attacked a camp of former rebels in the country’s centre where "bandits" terrorised civilians on the road last month.
Resolving the thorny question of Robert Mugabe’s fate may hold the key to breaking the impasse over Zimbabwe’s disputed presidential vote. Mugabe has not himself suggested he would be willing to step aside if he were granted immunity for alleged human rights abuses and allowed to fade into comfortable retirement.