A guerra na província da Zambézia e o papel de Malawi, 1975 - 1988

Abstract

It is based on the hypothesis that the roots of the recent war were fundamentally based on the regional situation, marked by the attempt to prolong colonialism or the search for neocolonial solutions, as a result of the changes initiated in the 60s in the colonial framework, and by the struggle for Pretoria to preserve apartheid.

The 60s and 70s are considered as preparatory conditions for the pursuit of these objectives by various actors in the interior of the country and in neighboring countries, with the complacency and support of certain sectors of the West.

The period from 1982 to 1988 marks the phases of war in the province, during which it was Renamo's objective to paralyze economic activity to force changes in Pretoria's interests, while the government army tried at all costs, in the face of Renamo's advance on the ground. , wage the course of war. Malawi's alignment appears linked to its territorial ambitions, the need to obtain from Mozambique a commercial passage and access to the sea through the ports of Nacala and Beira.

Equational, political, economic and military factors are intended to show the interests at stake in the southern African region. This paper seeks to describe the internal and regional interests, the type of war that was waged, turned essentially against economic and civil targets, without major concerns about bringing benefits to the rural population, and seeks to describe a moment of war in the district of Morrumbala (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)