In 1986, Malawi bowed to Mozambican pressure and expelled 12,000 RENAMO insurgents. Banda explicitly turned against RENAMO after the disgruntled insurgents began targeting a vital rail line which linked Blantyre to Mozambican ports on the Indian Ocean coast
Mu 1986, dziko la Malawi lidagonja ku Mozambique ndikuthamangitsa zigawenga  khumi ndi ziwiri RENAMO. Banda adatsutsa RENAMO zigawenga zomwe zidayamba kulunjika njanji yomwe imalumikiza Blantyre ndi madoko a Mozambique pa nyanja ya Indian Ocean