The Rome General Peace Accords, officially the General Peace Accords (), was a peace treaty signed between the government of
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...
and
RENAMO, ending the
Mozambican Civil War
The Mozambican Civil War () was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992 due to a combination of local strife and the polarizing effects of Cold War politics. The fighting was between Mozambique's ruling Marxist Front for the Liberat ...
on October 4, 1992. Negotiations preceding the agreement began in July 1990. They were brokered by a team of four mediators, two members of the
Community of Sant'Egidio,
Andrea Riccardi and
Matteo Zuppi, as well as Bishop
Jaime Gonçalves and Italian government representative Mario Raffaelli. The delegation of the Mozambican government was headed by
Armando Guebuza
Armando Emílio Guebuza (born 20 January 1943) is a Mozambique, Mozambican politician who was the third President of Mozambique from 2005 to 2015.
Career
Guebuza, born at Murrupula in Nampula Province, joined the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRE ...
, who went on to become President of Mozambique. The RENAMO delegation consisted of
Raul Domingos,
José de Castro, Vicente Ululu, Agostinho Murrial, João Almirante, José Augusto and Anselmo Victor. The accords were then signed by the then-president of Mozambique
Joaquim Chissano
Joaquim Alberto Chissano (born 22 October 1939) is a Mozambican politician who served as the second President of Mozambique, from 1986 to 2005. He is credited with transforming the war-torn country of Mozambique into a successful African democra ...
, and by the leader of RENAMO,
Afonso Dhlakama
Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama (1 January 1953 – 3 May 2018) was a Mozambican politician and the leader of RENAMO, an anti-communist guerrilla movement that fought the FRELIMO government in the Mozambican Civil War before signing a peace agr ...
.
RENAMO declared on October 21, 2013 that they were annulling the peace accord as a result of a government attack on their base.
See also
*
Mozambican Civil War
The Mozambican Civil War () was a civil war fought in Mozambique from 1977 to 1992 due to a combination of local strife and the polarizing effects of Cold War politics. The fighting was between Mozambique's ruling Marxist Front for the Liberat ...
*
Sant'Egidio platform – a January 13, 1995 proclamation of importance to the
Algerian Civil War.
Notes
References
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* Eric Morier-Genoud, "Sant’Egidio et la paix. Interviews de Don Matteo Zuppi & Ricardo Cannelli", LFM. Social sciences & missions, no. 13, October 2003, pp. 119–145
* Pierre Anouilh, "Des pauvres a la paix. Aspects de l'action pacificatrice de Sant'Egidio au Mozambique", LFM. Social sciences & missions, no. 17, December 2005, pp. 11–40
* Moises Venancio, “Mediation by the Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique 1988–1991”, In Stephen Chan & Vivienne Jabri (eds), Mediation in Southern Africa, Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1993, pp. 142–158
* Alex Vines & Ken Wilson, “Churches and the Peace Process in Mozambique 1988–1991”, In Paul Gifford (ed.), The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa, Leiden : Brill, 1995, pp. 130–147
Web page of the Community of Sant'Egidio on the Mozambique Peace Process
External links
Full Text of Rome General peace accordText of all peace accords
1992 in Mozambique
Peace treaties
Treaties of Mozambique
Mozambican Civil War
Treaties concluded in 1992