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Thousands of people applauded as the two leaders showed the signed document, named the Maputo Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. Renamo, founded as an anticommunist guerrilla group, unleashed a civil war against the Marxist Frelimo government shortly after independence from Portugal in 1975. The war ended when the Soviet Union and apartheid-era SA scaled back their respective support for Frelimo and Renamo, leading to direct peace talks.
But in October 2013, Renamo renounced the 1992 peace deal after the military raided its bush camp in central Sathundjira.On August 1, the two rivals signed a precursor accord in Gorongosa National Park under which they formally agreed to end military hostilities.
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