Maputo – Mozambican opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama will launch his presidential election campaign by telephone from his remote mountain hideout, his spokesman said Tuesday.
The former rebel chieftain, who returned to the bush in 2012 and embarked on a low level insurgency, was anointed presidential candidate for October polls by his Renamo party on Monday.
“We will hold a tele conference,” to broadcast his message to a party rally in the central city of Beira on Tuesday afternoon, spokesman Antonio Muchanga told AFP.
Two decades after signing a peace accord to end a bitter civil war between Renamo and the Frelimo led government, Dhlakama quit the capital Maputo, threatening to divide the country again unless the government agreed to a list of demands.
These include equal representation for Renamo in the armed forces and police…
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