Introduction
The
Mozambican Civil War started in Mozambique during the 1970s following
independence in 1975. The ruling party Front for Liberation of
Mozambique, Frelimo, was violently opposed from 1977 by the Rhodesian
and later South African funded Mozambique Resistance Movement, Renamo.
Over five million civilians were displaced, 900,000 are thought to have
died in fighting and from starvation and many were made amputees by
landmines, a legacy from the war that continued to plague Mozambique.
Fighting wound up in 1992 and the country's first free elections were
held in 1994.
National Movements and New States in Africa