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Mozambique Leader to Sign Peace Deal With Opposition on Thursday

Mozambique Leader to Sign Peace Deal With Opposition on Thursday

(Bloomberg) -- Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi will sign a peace agreement with opposition Renamo leader Ossufo Momade on Thursday, he told lawmakers in the capital, Maputo.

The agreement will be signed in Gorongosa, in central Mozambique, Nyusi said on Wednesday. Renamo fighters have started handing over weapons this week as part of process to integrate then into the nation’s army, Nyusi said.

To contact the reporters on this story: Matthew Hill in Maputo at mhill58@bloomberg.net;Borges Nhamire in Maputo at bnhamire@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alastair Reed at areed12@bloomberg.net

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