Mosambik

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Update: der Konflikt ist immer noch im Gange, mit geringer Intensität.

Maputo — The Mozambican defence and security forces killed 15 gunmen of the rebel movement Renamo on Sunday in Barue district, in the central province of Manica, according to a source in the Ministry of the Interior, cited in the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mocambique".

The clashes took place in the zone of Nhassacara when the Renamo group attacked government forces who were patrolling along the main road from the Manica provincial capital, Chimoio, to the western city of Tete. This road, National Highway N7, is also part of the route from the port of Beira to Zambia and Malawi.

The Ministry source told the paper that in the clashes one member of the government forces died, and three others were injured.
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Renamo has repeatedly threatened to seize power in six central and northern provinces (Manica, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia, Nampula and Niassa). Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama had promised his supporters that he would be governing the six provinces by the end of March, but so far, outside of Renamo military bases, the rebel movement controls nothing at all, although it is capable, as Sunday's events show, of disrupting road transport.

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