Defense, Ideology or Ambition: An Assessment of Malawian Motivations for Intervention in the Mozambican Civil War
Titel:
Defense, Ideology or Ambition: An Assessment of Malawian Motivations for Intervention in the Mozambican Civil War
Auteur:
David Robinson
Verschenen in:
Journal of alternative perspectives in the social sciences
Paginering:
Jaargang 1 (2009) nr. 2 pagina's 302-322
Jaar:
2009
Inhoud:
Following its independence in 1975, the former Portuguesecolony of Mozambique suffered a devastating civil war until the early1990s. This war, between the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) and the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo), was the context within which issues of underdevelopment and political divisions unfolded. It is well-documented that throughout the Civil War the Renamo rebels, who were primarily a proxy army for the Apartheid regime in South Africa, used the territory of neighbouring Malawi to supply their forces in northern Mozambique and to seek refuge from the operations of the Mozambican armed forces (FPLM). It is extremely unlikely that this could have occurred without the cooperation, or at least acquiescence, ofMalawian authorities. This article surveys the history of postindependence relations between Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, in order to examine a number of theories explaining Malawian support for Renamo.
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