Rumblings of peace on Beira and Nacala corridors

Risks of sporadic attacks
by Renamo fighters on
trucks and trains in northern
Mozambique are being
reduced thanks to peace
agreements being negotiated by
Mozambican president Filipe
Nyusi and Renamo leader
Afonso Dhlakama.
In what is seen as a major
contribution to reducing
tensions that date back to the
civil war, Nyusi travelled to
Dhlamaka’s Gorongoza hideout
in August for a meeting.
Dhlakama has been hiding
in the Gorongoza mountain
range since Frelimo
soldiers invaded
his Beira residence
in October 2015 to
disarm his guard.
The government
and Renamo signed the
Comprehensive Peace
Agreement in 1992, but
violence broke out after
the main opposition party
claimed that subsequent
elections had been rigged.
The latest truce was declared
by Dhlakama in May 2017.
Hauliers tell FTW that there
have been no incidents on the
Beira and Nacala corridors since
then.
Dhlakama has since
issued a statement saying
Renamo will sign a definitive
peace agreement with the
Mozambican president, Filipe
Nyusi, in October or November.
“This is the third agreement
that I will sign. It will be in
October or at the beginning
of November,” Dhlakama said
in an interview with Canal de
Moçambique.
The Mozambican National
Resistance president says
that the party is negotiating
cautiously with the Mozambican
government to avoid another
failure.
“In everything that is being
done with President Nyusi, we
are being cautious – and not
only us: it seems to me that he
himself does not want to be the
same as the others and make
commitments that he cannot
deliver,” Dhlakama said.