Mozambique’s police raided the Maputo headquarters of opposition party Renamo on 27 March, as well as two houses belonging to Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama, confiscating weapons four days before Dhlakama’s self-imposed deadline to seize power in roughly half the country. Dhlakama said in a press statement on Sunday afternoon he will “react politically” to the…...

Afonso Dhlakama addressing a rally in Beira ahead of the 2014 elections. Photo © Tom Bowker / Zitamar News