Mozambican Opposition Head, President Signal Willingness to Talk

Mozambican opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama may soon be ready to emerge from hiding and resume talks with President Filipe Nyusi after what his party claims were two attempts this month by government forces to kill him, he told television station STV.

Dhlakama, leader of the National Resistance of Mozambique, or Renamo, told the independent television station by phone that he “will not seek revenge through war.” Government troops were provoking conflict in Manica province, where he has taken refuge, delaying his emergence from hiding, he said. Dhlakama is “in the bush,” Renamo spokesman Antonio Muchanga said by phone Monday from the capital, Maputo, without giving details.