Maputo — On Thursday, the leader of Mozambique’s Renamo opposition party and rebel movement said he is extending a ceasefire indefinitely — part of an agreement reached in talks with the government to end violence since a disputed 2014 election. Renamo and the ruling Frelimo party fought on opposing sides of a civil war from 1976 to 1992, in which a million people died before a peace accord ended the fighting, bBut fighting has sporadically flared up since Renamo challenged results of the 2014 elections. Until now, Renamo has renewed the ceasefire every 60 days during peace talks. Thursday was the latest deadline. "This truce will be different from those we announced in the past. I am now declaring a truce without deadline," Afonso Dhlakama told reporters during a conference call from his hide-out in the Gorongosa area of central Mozambique. A long-term deal will strengthen President Filipe Nyusi’s position before a conference of the ruling Frelimo party in September at which he is ...
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