Conflicts between government forces and the rebel militia of opposition movement Renamo are intensifying in central Mozambique, amid calls for a broadening of the government’s investigation into alleged human rights abuses in the conflict. On the night of Tuesday, 8 March, there was heavy fighting between government and Renamo forces around the village of Sabe,…...

A house in Chicaca, province of Manica, that locals allege was bombed by government troops looking for Renamo soldiers in September 2015. Photo: Tom Bowker