During the period following World War II, communist and anti-colonial sentiment began to spread throughout Africa, spawning several political independence movements in Mozambique, although these movements were focused on the benefits of communism for its Portuguese population, with scant attention given ...
Mozambique Current, relatively warm surface current of the western Indian Ocean. The southeast trade winds move the Indian South Equatorial Current toward the east coast of Africa, off which, because of the Earth’s rotation, it is directed south to foll
Mozambique - Animism, Christianity, Islam: Prior to independence in 1975, almost one-third of the population was nominally Christian, and a small number were Muslim. Christian missionaries were active throughout the country during the colonial era, and a
Mozambique - Civil War, Peace, Reconciliation: The multiparty elections that finally took place in October 1994 were the culmination of years of effort to reach a peaceful end to the war between Frelimo and Renamo. Frelimo, once a self-described Marxist-
Frelimo’s guerrilla forces, which had been trained and armed by African and Soviet-bloc supporters, attacked targets in northern Mozambique in September 1964, and the war for independence was launched. Portugal, faced with similar challenges in all its African territories (Angola, Guinea-Bissau, ...
Private aircraft were the first to fly regularly in Mozambique, but afterWorld War IIPortugal’s national airline opened a route between Beira andMaputo. Eventually colonial Mozambique developed its own airline. It was replaced in 1980 byMozambique Airlines (Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique; LAM), the...
The leaders of Frelimo and Renamo finally accepted a peace agreement in October 1992, whereby Frelimo’s leadership agreed to change the constitution and to open the political process to competing parties in exchange for Renamo’s promise to end the war. Issues between the two groups were not ...
Maputo, MozambiqueAn aerial view of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.(more) The capital is Maputo. Known until independence as Lourenço Marques, the city boasts fine colonial-era architecture and an attractive natural setting alongside the deepwater harbor of Maputo Bay. Maputo is the commercial...
On the strength of its resources, Mozambique should now be Southern Africa’s most important energy producer and exporter. The country’s postindependence security problems, however, undercut production in everything but refining of imported crude oil near Maputo. The centerpiece of Mozambique’s ene...
Maputo, MozambiqueAn aerial view of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.(more) The capital is Maputo. Known until independence as Lourenço Marques, the city boasts fine colonial-era architecture and an attractive natural setting alongside the deepwater harbor of Maputo Bay. Maputo is the commercial...