Mariano Nhongo’s death has sparked questions. The Mozambican military claims it wanted him alive, but others say it was torture. On 11 October, Mariano Nhongo, leader of Junta Militar da Renamo ...

A year after the Mozambican government signed a peace agreement with the opposition party RENAMO, the country has yet to achieve its main goal: putting an end to armed violence and ensuring ...

Mozambique's opposition RENAMO party recently signed a peace deal with the government. But the party's armed wing refused to lay down their weapons. Its leader Nhongo tells DW the peace deal is ...

Mozambique’s government and the former rebel group Renamo completed a long-awaited peace pact on Tuesday, signing a final deal aimed at ending years of conflict. The deal was signed by President ...

Mozambique's main opposition party and former rebel movement Renamo began disarming members of its armed wing on Tuesday as part of a prospective peace deal that will see the fighters re ...

However, after the 1992 peace agreement between Renamo and Frelimo, Dhlakama transformed himself into a champion of democracy, always demanding the government to be transparent and accountable to ...

The Renamo leader’s death could affect the progress that’s been made in negotiations to end hostilities between Renamo and the Frelimo government.

The death of Mozambique's former rebel supremo turned opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama has piled pressure on his Renamo party ahead of local elections and ongoing peace talks with an increasingly ...

Afonso Dhlakama, the former Mozambican guerrilla leader who was set to run for the presidency next year, has died aged 65.

Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of Mozambique’s main opposition party and former rebel group, Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), died today after an illness, party sources have confirmed.

Mozambique’s opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama dies aged 65 The head of former rebel Mozambique National Resistance movement passed away in central town of Gorongosa.

The leader of Mozambique's Renamo opposition party and rebel movement said Thursday that he was extending a cease-fire indefinitely, part of an agreement reached in talks with the government to ...