9203A 

(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
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