From Maputo to the mountain. Building peace in Mozambique: online repository
Featured Publication From Maputo to the mountain
The book details the journey of the Maputo Accord. Written by Mirko Manzoni and Neha Sanghrajka, who supported and facilitated the mediation and negotiation of the Accord, it traces, step by step, the painstaking efforts to build trust and confidence in often challenging circumstances, drawing on the authors’ own recollections of the mediation and subsequent efforts to implement the Accord.
Find further documents and impressions from the process in this online repository.
Annex:
Impressions from the process
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, and the leader of Renamo, Ossufo Momade, embrace following the signing of the Maputo Accord for Peace and National Reconciliation in Maputo on 6 August 2019. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Mediator Neha Sanghrajka traveling to the Renamo headquarters, Vunduzi, Sofala province, 2017. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Nyusi, meeting with the leader of Renamo, the late Afonso Dhlakama, at the Vunduzi Administrative Post in Sofala province in February 2018. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, meeting with the leader of Renamo, the late Afonso Dhlakama and the mediators in Vunduzi, Sofala in 2018. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, alongside the leader of Renamo, the late Afonso Dhlakama, meeting with women combatants of Renamo, Vunduzi, February 2018. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Members of Mozambique’s armed service stand guard over the coffin of the late Renamo leader, Afonso Dhlakama, during his funeral ceremony in Beira, Sofala province in May 2018. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, is joined by the leader of Renamo Ossufo Momade, Ambassador Mirko Manzoni and members of the Military Affairs Commission André Magibire and Eduardo Namburete in Gorongosa, Sofala province on 1 August 2019. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Ambassador Mirko Manzoni helps overcome car trouble along the way to the Renamo headquarters, Vunduzi, Sofala province. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Renamo leader, Afonso Dhlakama, during a break in dialogue at the Renamo headquarters, Vunduzi, Sofala province. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Ambassador Mirko Manzoni, Neha Sanghrajka and Eduardo Namburete with the leader of Renamo, the late Afonso Dhlakama, at Renamo headquarters, Vunduzi, Sofala province. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Ambassador Mirko Manzoni and Neha Sanghrajka meet with the new Renamo leader, Ossufo Momade, together with Eduardo Namburete and André Magibire. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, and the leader of Renamo, Ossufo Momade at the funeral for the late Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Local artists and community members take part in a collective painting of a peace-inspired mural in Muxúnguè, Sofala Province. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
The High Representative for Silencing the Guns, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas participated in a Peace Clubs activity - a Peace Cup - with children of DDR beneficiaries in the spirit of national reconciliation during his visit to central Mozambique, Dondo, Sofala province, June 2024. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Peace is Our Culture concert in Beira city in the context of the national reconciliation campaign, May 2024. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
Women DDR beneficiaries at the Vunduzi Assembly Area, Sofala province, August 2020. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi during the official closing ceremony for the disarmament and demobilisation phase held in Maputo on 23 June 2023. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, Renamo leader Ossufo Momade, UN PESG Mirko Manzoni along with dignitaries at the official closing ceremony for the disarmament and demobilisation phase, Maputo, June 2023. Photo © Peace Process Support–The Secretariat
