Mozambique moves closer to peace
Mozambique president and leader of opposition party Renamo sign a ceasefire agreement ahead of a broader agreement next week
02 August 2019 - 10:28
Maputo — Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and the leader of the main opposition party Renamo on Thursday signed a permanent ceasefire agreement, designed to put an end to almost half a century of hostilities that killed over 1-million people at their peak.
Renamo and Nyusi’s governing party fought on opposing sides of a 16-year civil war before a ceasefire ended the bloodshed in 1992, however violence has flared up sporadically in the years since then...
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