RENAMO insurgency (2013–2021)
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The RENAMO insurgency was a guerrilla campaign by militants of the RENAMO party[7] and one of its splinter factions in Mozambique.[4] The insurgency was widely considered to be an aftershock of the Mozambican Civil War; it resulted in renewed tensions between RENAMO and Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO coalition over charges of state corruption and the disputed results of the 2014 general elections.[8][9]
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RENAMO insurgency | |||||||
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RMJ militants, including Mariano Nhongo (far left) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mozambique |
RENAMO (until 2019) RENAMO Military Junta (from 2019) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Armando Guebuza (until 2015) Filipe Nyusi (from 2019) |
Afonso Dhlakama (1979–2018) Ossufo Momade (2018–2019) Mariano Nhongo † (2019–2021) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 500 (RMJ, self claim)[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
200+ total killed (as of 2015)[5] 15,000 displaced (2016)[6] |
A ceasefire was announced between the government and the rebels in September 2014. However, renewed tensions sparked violence in mid-2015.
On 1 August 2019, President Filipe Nyusi and RENAMO leader Ossufo Momade signed a peace agreement at RENAMO's remote military base in the Gorongosa mountains in order to bring an end to hostilities.[1][10] Most remaining RENAMO fighters afterward surrendered their weapons.[2] Another peace agreement was then signed by Nyusi and Momade in Maputo's Peace Square on 6 August 2019.[11] However, a splinter faction known as the "RENAMO Military Junta" (RMJ) continued its insurgency. By February 2021, most of the RMJ had surrendered, although a few holdouts remained in rural areas without launching further attacks.[4][3] RMJ ceased to exist in December 2021, when its last members surrendered.[12]