Africa Monitor Intelligence

Mozambique: RENAMO Military Board Rejects UN SG Envoy

Contacts between MIRKO MANZONI (MM), former Swiss ambassador to Maputo and UN SG ANTÓNIO GUTERRES personal envoy to Mozambique, with MARIANO NHONGO (MN), leader of the RENAMO Military Junta (JMR), have been tense and sporadic, as determined. MN considers that MM has no credibility to mediate the conflict, considering him aligned with FRELIMO and OSSUFO MOMADE (OM), president of RENAMO. READ MORE