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MOZAMBICAN NATIONAL RESISTANCE
10/28/92
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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.
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.