Abstract
Mozambique was at first ruled as part of Portuguese India but a separate administration was created in 1752. Following a decade of guerrilla activity, independence was achieved on 25 June 1975. A one-party state dominated by the Liberation Front of Mozambique (FRELIMO) was set up but armed insurgency led by the Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) continued until 4 Oct. 1992. The peace treaty provided for all weapons to be handed over to the UN and all armed groups to be disbanded within six months. In 1994 the country held its first multi-party elections. In early 2000 some 700 people died in the foods which made thousands homeless.
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Further Reading
Andersson, H., Mozambique: a War against the People. London, 1993
Finnegan, W., A Complicated War: the Harrowing of Mozambique. California Univ. Press, 1992
Newitt, M., A History of Mozambiqu. Farnborough, 1996
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Website: http://www.ine.gov.mz/
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Turner, B. (2006). Mozambique. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2007. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271357_230
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