Author : Cameron R. Hume
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781878379375
He delineates the separate roles played by the parties themselves (the government and RENAMO), the outside governments that intervened, and the mediators, with a special focus on the unique element in this peace process: the involvement of a private voluntary organization, the Community of Sant'Egidio.
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File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 1994
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Author : William Finnegan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 43,50 MB
Release : 1992-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0520082664
Among Africa's suffering is the little- known war in Mozambique, now in its second decade. Finnegan traveled through the country in 1988 to assess the impact of a war waged by guerrillas who are armed and often directed by South Africa. He tells a compelling story of rural misery caused by the war, which in turn offers a fertile ground for its continuation. Finnegan's narrative includes historical background and critical analysis of the Mozambique government whose policies have not created an inclusive framework for the nation. Finnegan is drawn to the conclusion that Mozambique's peasants long have been denied the fruits of peace: first under centuries of Portuguese colonialism; and now as they are exposed to the current war that is destroying their future.
Author : Stephen A. Emerson
Publisher : Helion and Company
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 26,36 MB
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1909384925
The sixteen-year-long war in Mozambique between the Frelimo government and Renamo rebels remains one of the most overlooked and misunderstood of the conflicts that raged across Africa during the height of the Cold War. While usually viewed as mere sideshow to more high-profile wars in Angola, Rhodesia and within apartheid South Africa itself, it nonetheless is noteworthy in its complexity, duration and destructiveness. Before it was all over in 1992 at least one million Mozambicans would be dead, millions more homeless and the country lying in ruins. Ultimately Frelimo would get its victory not on the battlefield but rather at the polling booth in 1994. Based on more than a decade of meticulous research, a review of thousands of pages of military records and documents, and dozens of in-depth interviews with political leaders, diplomats, generals, and soldiers and sailors, this book tells the story of the war from the perspective of those who fought it and lived it. It follows Renamo's growth from its Rhodesian roots in 1977 as a weapon against Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwean nationalist guerrillas operating from Mozambique through South African patronage in the early 1980s to Renamo's evolution as a self-sufficient nationalist insurgency. In tracing the ebb and flow of the conflict from the rugged mountains and Savannah forests of central Mozambique across the hot, humid Zambezi River valley and down to the very outskirts of the Mozambican capital in the far south, it examines the operational strategy of Frelimo and Renamo commanders in the field, the battles they fought and the lives of their troops. In doing so it highlights personal struggles, each side's successes and failures, and the missed opportunities to decisively turn the tide of war. Accordingly, this book provides the first real comprehensive military history of a war too long neglected and under appreciated in the chronicles of modern African history.
Author : Funada-Classen Sayaka
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 43,70 MB
Release : 2012-04
Category : Mozambique
ISBN : 4275009525
The book focuses on an area called Maúa, not because I believe Maúa represents the whole of Mozambique as such, but because highlighting a specific area and people helps to understand the Mozambican history more deeply and comprehensively. In any case, it would be impossible to study the experience of all Mozambicans. I am not attempting to write a history textbook of Mozambique, or a glorious history of the liberation struggle, but rather trying to fill a gap in the descriptions of contemporary Mozambican history by delving into matters that have not been written about before.
Author : Hilary Andersson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349223166
Mozambique: A War against the People examines the nature of the war that has been waged by the Renamo rebels in Mozambique since 1976, and the profound effects that it has had on, in particular, the country's human infrastructure. The toll of the war has been manifested most dramatically in the geographical dislocation of a large section of the population. Along with the Frelimo government's policy failures this has served to limit socialist development in the past. It now threatens potential for development along the capitalist and democratic road.
Author : Malyn Newitt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0190911166
This comprehensive overview traces the evolution of modern Mozambique, from its early modern origins in the Indian Ocean trading system and the Portuguese maritime empire to the fifteen-year civil war that followed independence and its continued after-effects. Though peace was achieved in 1992 through international mediation, Mozambique's remarkable recovery has shown signs of stalling. Malyn Newitt explores the historical roots of Mozambican disunity and hampered development, beginning with the divisive effects of the slave trade, the drawing of colonial frontiers in the 1890s and the lasting particularities of the north, centre and south, inherited from the compartmentalized approach of concession companies. Following the nationalist guerrillas' victory against the Portuguese in 1975, these regional divisions resurfaced in a civil war pitting the south against the north and centre, over attempts at far-reaching socioeconomic change. The settlement of the early 1990s is now under threat from a revived insurgency, and the ghosts of the past remain. This book seeks to distill this complex history, and to understand why, twenty-five years after the Peace Accord, Mozambicans still remain among the poorest people in the world.
Author : Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9781564320797
Addressing two sets of concerns, this report covers both the abuses relating to the seventeen years of war between the Mozambique Armed Forces and the rebel Mozambique National Resistance, as well as the reforms instigated by the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front under President Joachim Chissano. Africa Watch evaluates the progress made by the Liberation Front government toward a democratic system of government that respects civil and political rights. The 1990 Constitution and related legislation are the centerpiece of this transition, and represent the most wholehearted attempt to build an institutional and legal framework to guarantee respect for human rights so far attempted in the history of Mozambique. Major concerns remain, however, relating to the ability of the government to implement the promised changes.
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230657264
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Mozambican Civil War, Mozambican War of Independence, Angolan Civil War, Samora Machel, Antonio de Spinola, FRELIMO, Cahora Bassa, Uria Simango, RENAMO, Eduardo Mondlane, Kaulza de Arriaga, United Nations Security Council Resolution 863, United Nations Security Council Resolution 882, United Nations Security Council Resolution 850, United Nations Security Council Resolution 916, United Nations Security Council Resolution 898, United Nations Security Council Resolution 818, United Nations Security Council Resolution 797, People's Republic of Mozambique, A luta continua, United Nations Security Council Resolution 957, Filipe Samuel Magaia, United Nations Security Council Resolution 782, Rome General Peace Accords, United Nations Security Council Resolution 960, United Nations Security Council Resolution 879, List of heads of the National Resistance Government of Mozambique, Antonio Augusto dos Santos. Excerpt: The Angolan Civil War was a violent civil conflict in the West African state of Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing for almost three decades until its end in 2002. The war began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal in November 1975. Prior to this, a decolonisation conflict had taken place in 1974-75, following the Angolan War of Independence of 1961-74. The Civil War was primarily a struggle for power between two former liberation movements, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). At the same time, it served as a surrogate battleground for the Cold War, due to heavy intervention by major opposing powers such as the Soviet Union and United States. Each organisation had different roots in the Angolan social fabric and mutually incompatible leaderships, despite their sharing the aim of ending...
Author : Stephen Chan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349268828
The book traces the end of hostilities and the often acrimonious, sometimes naive, but always laboured negotiations towards peace and elections in Mozambique. There is careful examination of the many international factors involved from the covert intervention of South Africa, the reaction of one African state, the role of the United Nations and that of humanitarian and religious groups. The lessons for conflict resolution and peacekeeping for Africa and beyond are discussed.
