the war was fought Hostile_encounter between mozambique 's ruling marxist front for the liberation of mozambique ( frelimo ) and anti-communist insurgent forces of the mozambican national resistance ( renamo ) .

the war was fought Hostile_encounter between mozambique 's ruling marxist front for the liberation of mozambique ( frelimo ) and anti-communist insurgent forces of the mozambican national resistance ( renamo ) .

the 2015 southeast africa floods Catastrophe , partially related to cyclone Catastrophe bansi and tropical storm Catastrophe unk , killed Killing at least 176 people in malawi , 86 in mozambique , and at least 46 in madagascar over the course of a week while leaving Departing hundreds more missing .

during the 1960s , various armed independence movements became Becoming active : the people 's movement for the liberation of angola , national liberation front of angola , national union for the total independence of angola in angola , african party for the independence of guinea and cape verde in portuguese guinea , and the mozambique liberation front in mozambique .

during the 1960s , various armed independence movements became Becoming active : the people 's movement for the liberation of angola , national liberation front of angola , national union for the total independence of angola in angola , african party for the independence of guinea and cape verde in portuguese guinea , and the mozambique liberation front in mozambique .

the former portuguese territories in africa became Becoming sovereign states , with agostinho neto in angola , samora machel in mozambique , UNK cabral in guinea-bissau , manuel pinto da costa in UNK UNK and UNK , and aristides pereira in cape verde as the heads of state .