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(17 Jan 1992) RR9203A MOZAMBIQUE: SILENT WAR DURATION: 6 MINUTES 46 SECONDS ENGLISH SPEECH: 52 SECONDS / SENNA SPEECH 28 SECONDS STORY: The Marxist Frelimo Party won independence for Mozambique from the colonial Portugese in 1975 after eleven years of war. Almost immediately afterwards, the right-wing group Renamo launched a vicious guerrilla war aginst the communist government, which has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians and driven millions more from their homes. But while no ceasefire has yet been signed, Frelimo has ended its system of one-party rule. And now it has been agreed to hold presidential elections in 1993. SHOWS: Gorongosa Province in Central Mozambique: guerrilla troops singing Renamo National Anthem and Renamo soldiers training in bush; village children playing xylophone; women carrying wood; men thatching roof; men raking field; ws make-shift hospital table; sparse medical supplies; aspirin; Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama sot; war-victim John Muluseni sot; Renamo military exercises; village boy bringing water to soldier; Dhlakama and members of Renamo cabinet; Dhlakama meeting villagers; woman grinding millet; villagers at water hole; abandoned schoolyard; Renamo troops marching in bush. (WTN/Paul Moorcraft) SOURCE: WTN / PAUL MOORCRAFT Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/862029794dcfca39bc57ef48928a2871