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- MOZAMBICAN NATIONAL RESISTANCE
- 10/28/92
- GP00002
-
- KEY WORDS:
-
- RENAMO; RESISTENCIA NACIONAL MOCAMBICANA
- DESCRIPTION:
- ESTABLISHED IN 1976 BY THE RHODESIAN SECURITY SERVICES, PRIMARILY TO
- OPERATE AGAINST ANTI-RHODESIAN GUERRILLAS BASED IN MOZAMBIQUE. SOUTH AFRICA
- SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED RENAMO INTO AN INSURGENT GROUP OPPOSING FRELIMO, THE
- FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF MOZAMBIQUE.
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- ACTIVITIES:
- RENAMO OPERATES AS A GUERRILLA INSURGENCY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF
- MOZAMBIQUE AS WELL AS CIVILIAN TARGETS; FREQUENTLY AND INCREASINGLY RUNS
- CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS INTO ZIMBABWE, MALAWI, AND ZAMBIA, WHERE IT HAS
- MURDERED AND KIDNAPPED NUMEROUS CIVILIANS AND DESTROYED PROPERTY.
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- STRENGTH:
- 20,000 GUERRILLAS.
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- EXTERNAL AID:
- ASSISTANCE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FROM SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL AS FROM PRIVATE
- INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE.
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- SELECTED INCIDENT CHRONOLOGY
-
- SEPTEMBER, 1985:
- SUSPECTED RENAMO MEMBERS ATTACKED A U.S. OWNED FIRM. THIS WAS THE
- FIRST ATTACK ON A U.S. FIRM REPORTED IN MOZAMBIQUE.
-
- MARCH, 1986:
- SUSPECTED RENAMO MEMBERS KIDNAPPED A PORTUGESE NATIONAL AND AN
- ITALIAN NUN. RENAMO CLAIMED TO HAVE RELEASED THE HOSTAGES IN
- DECEMBER, 1986.
-
- NOVEMBER, 1986:
- RENAMO REBELS KIDANPPED THREE WEST GERMANS, A PORTUGESE, AND A
- BRITON, RELEASING THEM IN DECEMBER, 1986.
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- MAY, 1987:
- RENAMO MEMBERS KIDNAPPED SEVEN FOREIGN MEDICAL RELIEF WORKERS. THE
- VICTIMS WERE RELEASED THREE MONTHS LATER IN MALAWI.
-
- DECEMBER, 1988:
- A MINE PLANTED BY RENAMO KILLED TWO PASSENGERS ON A TRAIN AND
- INJURED THIRTY-THREE OTHERS.
-
- JANUARY, 1989:
- RENAMO GUERRILLAS AMBUSHED AND KILLED A PORTUGESE CATHOLIC PRIEST.
-
- FEBRUARY, 1989:
- SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND FORTY ONE WOUNDED DURING AN ATTACK ON
- A PASSENGER TRAIN BY RENAMO.
-
- MARCH, 1989:
- TWO ITALIAN MISSIONARIES AND EIGHT SOLDIERS WERE KILLED, ALONG WITH
- AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF VILLAGERS IN THE COURSE OF A RAID BY
- RENAMO.
-
- APRIL, 1989:
- SEVEN MINERS WERE KILLED AND THREE WERE WOUNDED DURING A RENAMO
- RAID. FOUR LOCOMOTIVES WERE DESTROYED IN THE ATTACK.
-
- APRIL, 1989:
- EIGHTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED DURING A RENAMO RAID ON A PASSENGER
- BUS.
-
- JUNE, 1989:
- EIGHTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN TWENTY WERE INJURED IN
- THE COURSE OF TWO SEPARATE RENAMO ATTACKS.
-
- JULY, 1989:
- RENAMO IS BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AMBUSH AND MURDER OF A
- BRAZILIAN ENGINEER.
-
- NOVEMBER, 1989:
- RENAMO IS BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ATTACK ON A SPANISH TUGBOAT
- AND THE KIDNAPPING OF FOUR CREW MEMBERS.
-
- MAY, 1990:
- A SWISS PHYSICIAN WAS AMBUSHED AND MURDERED BY SUSPECTED RENAMO
- GUERRILLAS.
-
- JUNE,1990
- TWO OFFICIALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS
- (ICRC) WERE ABDUCTED BY RENAM0. THEY WERE RELEASED UNHARMED AFTER
- BEING HELD FOR TWO WEEKS.
-
- AUGUST, 1990:
- RENAMO INSURGENTS KILLED FOUR SOLDIERS AND WOUNDED EIGHT DURING A
- RAID ON A PASSENGER/CARGO TRAIN.
-
- OCTOBER, 1990:
- RENAMO REBELS KILLED ELEVEN PEOPLE WHEN THEY LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON
- A TRADITIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL.
-
- NOVEMBER, 1990:
- RENAMO REBELS KILLED FOUR PEOPLE AND ABDUCTED TWENTY-FIVE CHILDREN
- DURING A RAID ON A WEDDING PARTY.
-
- JANUARY, 1991:
- RENAMO REBELS AMBUSHED AND KILLED A PORTUGESE MISSIONARY.
-
- FEBRUARY, 1991:
- A COLOMBIAN PRIEST WAS MURDERED AND TWO CHILDREN WERE WOUNDED BY
- RENAMO.
-
- MARCH, 1991:
- RENAMO REBELS SABOTAGED RAIL LINES CAUSING THE DERAILMENT OF A
- FREIGHT TRAIN.
-
- MARCH, 1991:
- RENAMO REBELS AMBUSHED A TRUCK AND KILLED EIGHT PASSENGERS.
-
- APRIL, 1991:
- RENAMO REBELS MASSACRED FORTY VILLAGERS AND WOUNDED THIRTEEN
- OTHERS.
-
- NOVEMBER, 1991:
- SUSPECTED RENAMO FORCES ATTACKED THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT
- BEIRA, KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND DAMAGING THE AIRPORT'S COMMUNICATIONS
- CENTER.
-
- FEBRUARY, 1992:
- RENAMO REBELS ATTACKED A CONVOY CARRYING RELIEF SUPPLIES TO A
- DROUGHT-STRICKEN AREA KILLING THIRTY-THREE PERSONS, INCLUDING SIX
- SOLDIERS.
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- THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND PUBLIC MEDIA
- SOURCE DOCUMENTS.
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