Mohamed Ibn Chambas, High Representative of the African Union for the "Silencing the Guns" agenda, expressed his satisfaction with the implementation of the DDR (Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration) process for former Renamo guerrillas. This satisfaction was expressed on Thursday at a courtesy meeting he held in the city of Beira with Cecília Chamutota, Secretary of State for...
Assembly of the Republic member Elias Dhlakama, brother of former Renamo president Afonso Dhlakama, believes that the party was misled by the government on the terms of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) agreements. "It was done very badly and in a hurry. Renamo was deceived, because we were in a hurry to benefit from the perks,...
The demobilization of more than 400 former RENAMO combatants at the Mapangapanga base in Vunduzi, in the district of Gorongosa, which incidentally was Renamo's central base, was due to start on Monday, December 19, but it didn't happen because neither the former combatants nor RENAMO leader Ossufo Momade were present....
The last military base belonging to the Renamo party will be closed today in the Gorongosa district, in Sofala province, central Mozambique. The ceremony will be attended by the president of Mozambique's largest opposition, Ossufo Momade. The event will also serve to demobilize 350 Renamo combatants, according to the special envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations...
The United Nations Secretary-General's personal envoy to Mozambique, Mirko Manzoni, said this Friday that "there are no resources" to pay pensions to demobilized guerrillas from the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) party, following the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process signed in 2019 between the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, and the president of the...
The Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, on Saturday at the United Nations General Assembly, assured that the disarmament process of the military wing of the largest opposition party in Mozambique, Renamo, will be concluded this year. According to him, "the DDR process (disarmament, demobilization and reintegration) is an important milestone in the implementation of the agreement...
The President of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), Ossufo Momade, complained of slowness in the Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR) process of party members. The complaint was made this Monday during the third session of the Renamo National Council, which had not been held since 2019, when Momade assumed the party presidency. According to...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, and the leader of Renamo President Ossufo Momade, announced Tuesday that they will close the last five military bases of the main opposition party in the coming weeks. This yet-to-be-taken measure follows in the framework of the Peace agreement signed in 2019 and pursuit of the Disarmament, Demobilization...