The leader of Mozambique’s armed opposition, Renamo, today announced an open-ended extension of the truce between his and government forces – describing the decision as “not the end of the war, but the beginning of the end.” Speaking by telephone from his base in central Mozambique to a press conference in Maputo, Dhlakama said: “Peace…...

Journalists and Renamo politicians listen to Afonso Dhlakama's teleconference in Maputo, 4 May 2017. Photo © Tom Bowker / Zitamar News