Mozambican armed forces will today miss a deadline for withdrawing troops from positions near Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama’s location in Gorongosa, Sofala province. The deadline was part of an oral agreement between Dhlakama and Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi and was meant to serve as a confidence-building measure in ongoing peace talks between the two. The…...

Filipe Nyusi shaking hands with Renamo's peace monitors in Maputo, 27 April 2017. Photo: Gabinete do Presidente da Republica