What is Afonso Dhlakama?
[[File:Afonso Dhlakama (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dhlakama in 2015]] '''Afonso Marceta Macacho Dhlakama''' (1 January 1953 – 3 May 2018) was a Mozambican politician. He was the leader of [[RENAMO]], an anti-communist [[guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] movement from 1979 to 2018. He fought the [[FRELIMO]] government in the [[Mozambican Civil War]] before signing a peace agreement. Dhlakama became the opposition leader in the early 1990s. Dhlakama was born in [[Muxúngue]], [[Sofala Province]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nyusi and Dhlakama's Father Release White Doves in MuxÚngue|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201708140614.html|website=AllAfrica.com|publisher=Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> Dhlakama died on 3 May 2018 in Muxúngue of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 65.<ref>[https://www.straitstimes.com/world/africa/mozambique-rebel-leader-afonso-dhlakama-dead-party-sources Mozambique rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama dead]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2218.pdf Special Report on Mozambique Elections by the Carter Center] *[http://www.kas.de/upload/auslandshomepages/election-moza_final-report.pdf Final Report of the European Union Election Observation Mission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192120/http://www.kas.de/upload/auslandshomepages/election-moza_final-report.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhlakama, Afonso}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:Roman Catholics]] [[Category:Anti-communists]] [[Category:Mozambican politicians]] {{bio-stub}}