Mozambique Government, Former Rebels Sign Peace Pact

Mozambique's government and the former rebel Renamo movement have signed an accord to end two years of low-level fighting. The unrest had raised fears the southern African country would slip back into civil war, two decades after Renamo and the ruling Frelimo party ended hostilities. The signing follows passage of a law granting amnesty to Renamo fighters, including the group's leader Afonso Dhlakama, who returned to the bush in 2012 after accusing Frelimo of monopolizing...

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