{"id":6836,"date":"2013-07-08T08:36:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T08:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6836"},"modified":"2013-07-08T08:36:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T08:36:35","slug":"moz-army-attacks-renamo-stronghold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6836","title":{"rendered":"Moz army attacks Renamo stronghold"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mozambique’s army broke up the base of about 50 huts close to the country’s main north-south highway early on Saturday, according to state-run Radio Mozambique on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“We evicted some bandits camped in the area,” provincial police commander Joaquim Nido told the radio station.<\/p>\n

Official opposition and ex-rebel movement Renamo earlier claimed it repelled government attacks on its camp near the town Muxungue late on Friday and early on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Authorities claimed there were no casualties, but Renamo said it had killed government soldiers and independent newspaper A Verdade<\/em> also reported an unknown number of deaths citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n

Provincial commander Nido said gunmen from the camp killed two civilians in attacks on vehicles travelling along the highway on June 21.<\/p>\n

At the time of those attacks Renamo denied responsibility, though it warned two days earlier it would block the road.<\/p>\n

Clashes<\/strong>
\nSimmering tensions between Renamo and the Frelimo-led government erupted in violent clashes again in April \u2013 over two decades after a bloody civil war ended.<\/p>\n

Even though Renamo is in no position to initiate a widespread guerrilla campaign, it is estimated to have 1,000 men under arms and analysts say it could cause enough trouble to upset a foreign mining investment boom.<\/p>\n

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Mozambican police step in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Renamo demands more representation in the armed forces and changes to the electoral law. Several rounds of talks between the two parties have failed.<\/p>\n

Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama said this week he was willing to meet with President Armando Guebuza if government forces withdrew from the former rebels’ base.<\/p>\n

Soldiers had surrounded the camp in Sofala province’s remote Gorongosa mountains after the June 21 attacks.<\/p>\n

Renamo has periodically threatened a return to violence after the end of the civil war, but only began acting on its threats since Dhlakama reopened his base in October 2012.<\/p>\n

Commentators doubt the movement, previously supported by the apartheid government of neighbouring South Africa, has the resources to relaunch full-scale hostilities. \u2013 AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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