RENAMO

== Death of Dhlakama and its impact ==
On 3 May 2018, [[Afonso Dhlakama]], who led RENAMO since 1979, died in Gorongosa after suffering a heart attack.<ref name=dhlakmagone>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/4/mozambiques-opposition-leader-afonso-dhlakama-dies-aged-65|title=Mozambique's opposition leader dies aged 65|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> An unnamed official in RENAMO acknowledged this and also stated that Dhlakma had been ill prior to his death.<ref name=dhlakmagone /> Regarding the future of RENAMO following Dhlakma's death, Ed Hobey Hamsher, an analyst with Maplecroft, stated that "no potential successor has Dhlakama's stature" and that anybody who succeeds him "will struggle to unify Renamo's factions."<ref name=dhlakmagoneagain>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180509-renamo-leaders-death-game-changer-mozambique-peace-process|title=Renamo leader's death a 'game changer' for Mozambique peace process|date=9 May 2018|website=France 24}}</ref> At the time of Dhlakma's death, the RENAMO Congress was unable to fix a date to vote on a successor.<ref name=dhlakmagoneagain /> The next month on 14 June 2018, Ossufo Momade, who was picked to serve as the interim leader of RENAMO until the organization's Congress could vote on a permanent successor to Dhlakma,<ref name=dhlakmagoneagain /> went into hiding.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/opposition-mdc-is-zimbabwes-renamo-claims-war-vets-leader-report-20180614|title=Opposition MDC 'is Zimbabwe's Renamo', claims war vets leader – report|work=News24|access-date=2019-01-10|language=en}}</ref>