Mozambique’s government has confirmed skirmishes with revived rebel group Renamo.
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Amid the worst political violence the country has seen since its 16-year civil war, Mozambique’s president says a war is unlikely to break out.
The latest attack — which killed one and injured 10 — has raised concerns that Mozambique could slip back into conflict.
Following a raid on a military base by government troops, Mozambique’s former rebel movement Renamo says its leader’s right-hand man has been killed.
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Following ex-rebels declaring the end to a peace deal, the UN has called on Mozambique’s government and former rebels Renamo to stop the violence.
Former civil-war enemies Renamo and Frelimo have blamed each other for tit-for-tat violence.
Renamo says rogue members may be behind Tuesday’s attack on a police station and wants to avoid a return to war, as does President Armando Guebuza.
Rebel group turned opposition party Renamo has pulled out of Mozambique’s peace deal after four decades on the losing side. Here’s how they got there.
Police have fled a station in Maringue when members of ex-rebel group Renamo opened fire on it, following the group declaring the end of a peace deal.
Mozambique’s ex-rebels Renamo declared the end of a 1992 peace deal after government forces attacked and took over their base.
Mozambique’s government has said it plans to stick to a schedule for elections later this year and in 2014.
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.
Mozambique is registering voters for upcoming polls, but the main opposition is threatening a boycott after a feud with government led to violence.
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/ 7 December 2009
Mozambique’s Constitutional Council has dismissed allegations by opposition party Renamo of voting rigging in elections which the ruling Frelimo won.
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/ 17 November 2009
Mozambique’s main opposition party, Renamo, on Tuesday rejected the election victory of President Armando Guebuza, saying a fresh poll must be held.
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/ 6 November 2009
Mozambique’s ruling party has taken more than two-thirds of the seats in parliament since 1975, writes Henrik Lomholt Rasmussen.
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/ 30 October 2009
Support for Frelimo, Mozambique’s ruling party since independence in 1975, was the issue when about 9,5-million voters went to the polls on Wednesday.
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/ 28 October 2009
Mozambicans voted in presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.
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/ 28 October 2009
Voting began in Mozambique’s elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.
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/ 27 October 2009
As Mozambique heads to the polls on Wednesday, the ruling party looks set for an easy victory over an opposition battered by a recent split.
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/ 26 October 2009
After South Africa, Malawi and Botswana the 2009 Southern Africa election express rolls into the region’s rising star, Mozambique, this week.
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/ 14 September 2008
Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party on Sunday re-nominated sitting President Armando Guebuza as its candidate for the 2009 presidential election.
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David Webster knew of three mobile Renamo bases.