Renamo, the main opposition party in Mozambique, has asked the international community to help overcome the disagreement with the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, over the holding of the first district elections in 2024. Politicians and academics say that Renamo's concern about this issue is understandable, but there is room for...
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Increasing calls for agreement between government and Renamo on district elections
Renamo, in opposition in Mozambique, says it has submitted a draft law to Parliament to regulate the district elections scheduled for 2023, but it doesn't know if it will be discussed during the seventh parliamentary session, which starts on the 22nd, because Frelimo, in the Standing Committee of the Assembly of the Republic, has made it impossible to schedule it....
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Filipe Nyusi considers pension payments to Renamo guerrillas "a bill for sustainable peace"
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, considered today that a future pension program for former guerrillas of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, is "the bill" that the country must pay for a "sustainable peace". "The bill for peace must be sustained, we have been working to mobilize more...
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Renamo considers closure of its last base an "unknown"
Renamo, the largest opposition party, yesterday called the closure of the party's last base under the peace agreements "an unknown". "This is beginning to be an unknown: they are murdering our demobilized members," said José Manteigas, the party's spokesman, during a press conference in Maputo, at which he denounced the alleged murder of a...
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Renamo condemns attacks on Mozambicans in South Africa
The Mozambican National Resistance party (Renamo) today in Maputo demanded coordinated action between the governments of Mozambique and South Africa to stop the attacks on Mozambican citizens' vehicles in that country. The head of the Foreign Relations Department of the largest opposition party, Manuel Massungue, called the acts of...
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TSU: Renamo demands government resignation and accuses the executive of "contempt" for civil servants
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the main opposition party, today demanded the resignation of the government for what it called the failure to implement the Single Wage Table (TSU), accusing the executive of "contempt" for civil servants. "Faced with this gross and systematic violation of the Constitution of the Republic and other laws, which demonstrates absolute incompetence and...
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Renamo suggests Mozambique reformulates position on Russia-Ukraine war
The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), the largest opposition party, suggested yesterday that Mozambique "reformulate" its neutral position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, on the day the country begins its term on the UN Security Council. "Renamo urges the government of Mozambique to reformulate its position in relation to the conflict between...
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Renamo denies that its leader is being held by guerrillas in Gorongosa
Renamo, the main opposition party in Mozambique, says that information published on Thursday 22 that its leader, Ossufo Momade, is being held in the Gorongosa mountain range in Sofala by guerrillas dissatisfied with the direction of the Demilitarization, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process is false and slanderous. The president of Renamo Democrática, a new...
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UN representative says there are no resources to pay pensions to Renamo guerrillas
The United Nations Secretary-General's personal envoy to Mozambique, Mirko Manzoni, says that "there are no resources" to pay pensions to demobilized Renamo guerrillas, while experts warn that if this aspect is neglected it could jeopardize the whole process of pacification and democratization in the country. The so-called Demobilization, Demilitarization and Reintegration...
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Last Renamo base in Gorongosa closed despite guerrillas' discontent
The main opposition Renamo base closed on Monday, 19, in Gorongosa, in the center of the country, putting an end to the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process, which continues to face much criticism and discontent from the guerrillas. The former combatants admit that many promises remain unfulfilled. This last chapter involved 350 guerrillas, including 50...