Maputo – Mozambique’s ruling party presidential candidate Felipe Nyusi on Wednesday made a plea for peace with the opposition Renamo party, which has launched a new insurgency in the southern African nation.
Nyusi, 55, appearing alongside President Armando Guebuza at a rally in the village of Buzi in the conflict-hit central Sofala province, pledged “continuity” with the policies of the outgoing president.
“Peace is me. Peace is… not waiting in the bush for people to pass in order to kill them so that I can be president,” Nyusi said.”Peace is not using weapons to resolve the differences between people.”
Guebuza, 75, who is set to step down in October after serving the two terms allowed by the constitution, has introduced the previously little-known Nyusi at public rallies as part of a country-wide farewell tour…
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