Mozambique Peace Talks Near Conclusion

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Former Renamo Rebels (File Photo).

The peace negotiations between the government and former rebel movement, Renamo, have registered significant progress and a peace agreement will likely be achieved to end decades of strife in the Southern African country.

Former rebel leader and opposition president Afonso Dhlakama has been in constant engagement with President Filipe Nyusi as the two try to iron out long-standing disagreements and political differences.

President Nyusi has revealed to AIM that he had once again been in telephone contact with Afonso Dhlakama and discussed “final adjustments” in the arrangements for “effective pacification’ of the country.

He called on Mozambicans to be calm as peace negotiations enter final stages.

Mozambique has registered relative peace for over a year now, since Dhlakama declared a ceasefire that took effect on 27 December 2016. The truce saw the abating of militia Renamo ambushes on the roads, or clashes between Renamo and government forces.

But Renamo still maintains an illicit militia, and hence the possibility of resuming its insurrection.

The process of achieving an “effective peace” in Mozambique is nearing its conclusion, declared President Filipe Nyusi.

 

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