Mozambique

State · 1976–2026 CE · at its largest around 1976 CE

A southeastern African country that gained independence from Portugal in 1975 under the FRELIMO liberation movement. A devastating civil war with RENAMO ended in 1992.

On its lands while it lasted

• Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979 CE): Guerrilla war against Rhodesia's white minority government, which led to majority rule and the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980.
• Mozambican Civil War (1977–1992 CE): Civil war between Mozambique's FRELIMO government and RENAMO rebels, backed by Rhodesia and South Africa, that killed around a million people.

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