Verification – 2015
2015
EMOCHM’s 135 day mandate expired in February, and RENAMO and the government eventually extended the mandate by an additional 60 days. American observers never arrived, and European observers departed after the initial 135 days. By May, only the observers from Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Cape Verde had remained in the country.[1] In June, the government dissolved RENAMO, and the remaining Mozambican and foreign observers returned home. RENAMO protested the government’s decision to dissolve the group, while the government claimed that given RENAMO’s continued refusal to begin the demobilization process by providing a list of fighters it wanted integrated into the security forces, there was no point in extending EMOCHM’s mandate further.[2]
[1] “Mozambique; EMOCHM ends, Renamo-government dialogue still deadlocked,” Africa News, May 19, 2015.
[2] “Mozambique; Foreign military observers leaving Mozambique,” Africa News, June 2, 2015.