Rome General Peace Accords

The Rome General Peace Accords between the Mozambican Civil War parties, the Frelimo (government) and the Renamo (rebels), put an end to the Mozambique Civil War. It was signed on October 4, 1992. Negotiations preceding in began in July 1990. They were brokered by a team of four mediators, two members of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Andrea Riccardi and Matteo Zuppi, as well as Bishop Jaime Gonçalves and Italian government representative Mario Raffaelli. The delegation of the Frelimo was headed by Armando Guebuza (now President of Mozambique), the delegation of the Renamo was headed by Raul Domingos. The accords were then signed by the then president of Mozambique, Frelimo leader Joaquim Chissano and by the leader of the Renamo, Afonso Dhlakama.

See also

* Sant'Egidio platform - a January 13, 1995 proclamation of importance to the Algerian Civil War.

References

* Eric Morier-Genoud, "Sant’Egidio et la paix. Interviews de Don Matteo Zuppi & Ricardo Cannelli", _LFM. Social sciences & missions_, no.13, Oct. 2003, pp.119-145

* Pierre Anouilh, "Des pauvres a la paix. Aspects de l'action pacificatrice de Sant'Egidio au Mozambique", _LFM. Social sciences & missions_, no.17, Dec. 2005, pp.11-40

* Moises Venancio, “Mediation by the Roman Catholic Church in Mozambique 1988-1991”, In Stephen Chan & Vivienne Jabri (eds), _Mediation in Southern Africa_, Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1993, pp. 142-58

* Alex Vines & Ken Wilson, “Churches and the Peace Process in Mozambique 1988-1991”, In Paul Gifford (ed.), _The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa_, Leiden : Brill, 1995, pp. 130-47

* [http://www.santegidio.org/en/pace/pace3.htm Web page of the Community of Sant'Egidio on the Mozambique Peace Process]