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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican Interior Minister Amade Miquidade claimed on Saturday that the gunmen who call themselves the \u201cRenamo Military Junta\u201d are now \u201cconfined\u201d and \u201con the defensive\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in the central city of Beira, Miquidade said that many members of the Junta have surrendered in order to join the current demobilisation of the Renamo militia. Nonetheless, he promised that the defence and security forces remain on the alert to block any attempted actions by the Junta.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecently I have travelled along the main north-south highway (EN1) in Sofala province, and visited the zones that were attacked in the past several times by the Military Junta\u201d, said the Minister. \u201cI had the opportunity to speak with special units that are stationed there, and I was pleased to note that life has returned to normal\u201d.<\/p>\n

He regarded the free movement of people and goods in the region as proof that the actions of the defence forces \u201chave restricted the movements of members of the Junta, so that today they are on the defensive\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Military Junta arose in 2019 from a split within the main opposition party, Renamo. A group headed by Mariano Nhongo, who promoted himself to the rank of general, rejected the peace agreement signed by President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade in August 2019. Nhongo accused Momade of \u201cbetrayal\u201d, claimed that he was the true leader of Renamo, and demanded fresh negotiations with the government.<\/p>\n

The Junta launched sporadic attacks in Sofala and the neighbouring province of Manica in late 2019 and throughout 2020, particularly against vehicles using the main roads. About 30 people died in these attacks.<\/p>\n

But Nhongo has been faced with a wave of desertions, as his followers, including some of his senior lieutenants, abandon the Junta, and take advantage of the government\u2019s offer of demobilisation and reintegration into Mozambican society. The Junta\u2019s war seems to be stuttering to a close, for there have been no attacks attributed to the Junta since January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having good results\u201d, declared Miquidade. \u201cWe want to bring all Mozambicans to live together without guns in our hands\u201d.<\/p>\n

He appealed once again to Nhongo to surrender and join the demobilisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambican Interior Minister Amade Miquidade claimed on Saturday that the gunmen who call themselves the \u201cRenamo Military Junta\u201d are now \u201cconfined\u201d and \u201con the defensive\u201d. Speaking to reporters in the central city of Beira, Miquidade said that many members of the Junta have surrendered in order to join the current demobilisation of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nMilitary Junta \u201con the defensive\u201d, says minister \u2013 Watch - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mozambican Interior Minister Amade Miquidade claimed on Saturday that the gunmen who call themselves the \u201cRenamo Militar ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Military Junta \u201con the defensive\u201d, says minister \u2013 Watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mozambican Interior Minister Amade Miquidade claimed on Saturday that the gunmen who call themselves the \u201cRenamo Militar ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-05T17:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/07\/img-60e3242f2147a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"825\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"478\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Military Junta \u201con the defensive\u201d, says minister \u2013 Watch\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-05T17:32:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch\"},\"wordCount\":370,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/07\/img-60e3242f2147a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-military-junta-on-the-defensive-says-minister-watch\",\"name\":\"Military Junta \u201con the defensive\u201d, says minister \u2013 Watch - 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