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Mozambique |
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Afonso Dhlakama, leader of former rebel movement Renamo, holds a rally in Mocuba He later claimed he suffered "provocations" as the police obliged them to withdraw from municipal land which they had no authorization to use for rallies. |
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33.46261 |
Mozambique |
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Unidentified assailants opened fire against the motorcade of Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's largest opposition party Renamo, wounding four members of the Renamo militia and Renamo returning fire. The circumstances of the attack remain unclear, with Renamo claiming to have killed 12 of their attackers while other witnesses do not report any fatalities.. Renamo has threatened to take revenge. |
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-19.0883 |
33.6486 |
Mozambique |
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24 members of a convoy carrying Mozambique's Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama were killed in a shootout with police officers. The surviving Renamo members -- apparently including Dhlakama -- fled into the bush and a police operation was continuing in the area. The shooting terrified people living in the nearby village of Zimpinga who abandoned their homes, and either spent the night in the bush, or made their way to the houses of relatives or friends in Gondola town or Chimoio. |
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-17.3269 |
35.5842 |
Mozambique |
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Rumours of clashes between Renamo gunmen and members of the defence and security forces, have led to frightened residents abandoning their homes in the locality of Sabe and pulling their children out of school. |
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-19.0883 |
33.6486 |
Mozambique |
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A bus driver was killed in Gondola leading to a shootout between RENAMO members and police forces. While the police claims that the incident began with an unprovoked Renamo attack on the minibus, others say the driver was killed by shots coming from unknown assailants at the side of the road |
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-16.11528 |
33.72944 |
Mozambique |
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A political delegate of RENAMO was killed by unidentified gunment in Nkondezi, Moatize District, Tete Province |
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-25.9653 |
32.5892 |
Mozambique |
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A strike was carried out by workers at the Maputo municipal bus company (EMTPM) in pursuit of a wage rise: buses were put off the road and workers demonstrated outside the EMTPM headquarters waving placards calling for the resignation of the current management. A police unit was called, but did not intervene. |
5,670,718 |
-19.0883 |
33.6486 |
Mozambique |
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A unit of the Mozambican police clashed with gunmen of the country's largest opposition party Renamo in Gondola district. Unknown number of casualties |
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-15.1197 |
39.2647 |
Mozambique |
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Several dozen refugees, mostly from the Great Lakes region vandalized and looted the health centre at the Marratane refugee camp in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula. A unit of riot police was sent to the camp to restore order. |
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-19.8436 |
34.8389 |
Mozambique |
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Mozambican police blockaded RENAMO opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama in his house in the central city of Beira on Friday |