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The following is a list of wars involving Mozambique . Conflict. Combatant 1. Combatant 2. Results. Mozambican War of Independence. (1964–1974) FRELIMO. Portugal.
The Mozambican War of Independence [48] was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front or FRELIMO ( Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) and Portugal. The war officially started on 25 September 1964, and ended with a ceasefire on 8 September 1974, resulting in a negotiated independence in 1975.
Mozambique, [c] officially the Republic of Mozambique, [d] 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 Africa to the southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte and Madagascar ...
The Comoro Islands or the Comoros ( Comorian: Komori; Arabic: جزر القمر, romanized : Juzur al-qamar; French: Les Comores) are an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwest of Madagascar. The islands are politically divided between the Union of the Comoros, a ...
This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. For each country or territory, the number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination. For purposes of this list, "maritime boundary ...
East Africa stretches from the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa to Mozambique, including Madagascar. Central Africa is the large mass at the center of Africa which either does not fall squarely into any other region or only partially does so. Southern Africa consists of the portion generally south of -10° latitude and the great rainforests of Congo.
The following is a list of presidents of Mozambique, since the establishment of the office of President in 1975. The current president is Filipe Nyusi . Nyusi was inaugurated for his first term as the fourth president of Mozambique on 15 January 2015, and for his second, final term on 15 January 2020.
History. Mozambique and Tanzania have had cordial relations since Mozambique got its independence from Portugal. After independence, civil war broke out between the ruling party, Front for Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and Mozambique Resistance Movement (RENAMO), who were backed by Rhodesia and South Africa.