Mozambique Country Report

Mozambique made the transition to a multiparty regime in 1994 as a result of the peace agreement
that ended the civil war in that country. FRELIMO, the former liberation movement has won all the
Mozambican elections since 1994. FRELIMO has already witnessed a change in their leadership
within the multiparty period, when Chissano did not run for a third term in 2004. The economic
power in the country is held by members of the ruling party, including the current President,
Armando Guebuza. The opposition is headed by RENAMO, which has faced minor internal divisions.
RENAMO has been headed by Afonso Dhlakama since 1979. Dhlakama is known for his intolerance
of internal criticism. Dhlakama and Chissano, as party leaders, managed to develop a relatively
friendly relationship in the first years of the multiparty regime; however, this is not true of
Dhlakama’s relationship with the current President.