RENAMO in Mozambique

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RENAMO in Mozambique is a former anti-communist rebel movement turned political party that fought a long civil war against the FRELIMO government, with backing from apartheid-era South Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
RENAMO in Mozambique canonical 1
South Africa (RENAMO side) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former rebel movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
abbreviationMeaning Mozambican National Resistance ⓘ
activeAsRebelMovementFrom 1976 ⓘ
activeAsRebelMovementUntil 1992 ⓘ
AfonsoDhlakamaLeadershipEnd 2018 ⓘ
AfonsoDhlakamaLeadershipStart late 1970s ⓘ
civilWarEndYear 1992 ⓘ
civilWarStartYear 1977 ⓘ
committedTo demobilization ⓘ
disarmament ⓘ
reintegration of ex-combatants ⓘ
country Mozambique ⓘ
electoralBase Sofala Province ⓘ
Zambézia Province ⓘ
linked to: Zambezia Province

central provinces of Mozambique ⓘ
firstParticipatedInElections 1994 Mozambican general election ⓘ
foughtAgainst FRELIMO ⓘ
foundedAs anti-communist insurgent group ⓘ
foundedIn 1976 ⓘ
fullName Resistência Nacional Moçambicana ⓘ
fullNameEnglish Mozambican National Resistance ⓘ
hasArmedWingHistory yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Maputo ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
involvedInConflict Mozambican Civil War ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
leader Afonso Dhlakama ⓘ
Ossufo Momade ⓘ
operatedInRegion central Mozambique ⓘ
northern Mozambique ⓘ
opposedGovernmentOf People's Republic of Mozambique ⓘ
linked to: Mozambique
opposes FRELIMO dominance in Mozambican politics ⓘ
OssufoMomadeLeadershipStart 2019 ⓘ
participatedIn multiparty elections in Mozambique ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate 1992-10-04 ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-right ⓘ
right-wing ⓘ
roleInPolitics main opposition party in Mozambique ⓘ
shortName RENAMO ⓘ
signedAgreement 2019 Maputo peace and disarmament agreement ⓘ
signedPeaceAgreement General Peace Agreement for Mozambique ⓘ
supportedBy Rhodesia ⓘ
apartheid-era South Africa ⓘ
transitionedToPoliticalParty 1992 ⓘ
typeOfOrganization armed political organization ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

apartheid government of South Africa → supported → RENAMO in Mozambique ⓘ
Mozambican Civil War → supportedBy → South Africa (RENAMO side) ⓘ
linked to: RENAMO in Mozambique