Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama

Since his inauguration as national President in January his predecessor had tried to interfere with his orders to ministers and to prevent him from negotiating personally with the leader of the Renamo Party (Resistência Nacional Moçambicana) Afonso Dhlakama...

The devolution debate has been a fierce bone of contention between Nyusi and Guebuza who accuses the new President of trying to divide the country and falling for the rhetoric of Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama...

That should facilitate an accommodation with the opposition Resistência Nacional Moçambicana and its leader Afonso Dhlakama...

Tension persists with the main opposition party the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana as its leader Afonso Dhlakama continues his vain campaign to gain a role in government...

Guebuza and Afonso Dhlakama are set to benefit from the project senior sources in the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana told us although they did not say precisely how...

Claims by both opposition parties that they won the elections are not convincing – particularly the 80% of the vote that Renamo claims went to its leader Afonso Dhlakama...

Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama disputed the election results but stopped short of rejecting the outcome instead calling for a national unity government which would include him...

Projections based on early results predicted Frelimo presidential contender Filipe Nyusi would win with 60% with Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) candidate Afonso Dhlakama taking 32% and the Movimento Democrático de Moçambique's Daviz Simango 8% according to the Mozambique Political Process Bulletin...

To avoid a tricky second round Filipe Nyusi must poll more than 50% of the votes: in a run-off he would face a united anti-Frelimo vote which is currently split between Afonso Dhlakama's Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) and Daviz Simango's Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM)...

Scrambling to get readyRenamo has scrambled to establish a national election campaign within days of the return of its leader Afonso Dhlakama from the bush...