RENAMO

RENAMO (from the Portuguese '''''', ) is a Mozambican political party and militant group. The party was founded with the active sponsorship of the Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) in May 1977 from anti-communist dissidents opposed to Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO party. RENAMO was initially led by André Matsangaissa, a former senior official in FRELIMO's armed wing, and was composed of several anti-communist dissident groups which appeared immediately prior to, and shortly following, Mozambican independence. Matsangaissa, who died in 1979, was succeeded by Afonso Dhlakama, who l

The RENAMO-Electoral Union (RENAMO-União Electoral) is an alliance of political parties in Mozambique, led by the Mozambican National Resistance (Resistência Nacional Moçambicana) of Afonso Dhlakama.

ongoing Guerrilla war in Mozambique