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...speech began by noting a positive trend in Africa: the number of violent conflicts has decreased by half within the last five years. “Africa is winning the battle to resolve violent conflicts on the continent,” Chissano said...
Mozambique’s President Joaquim Chissano delivered an uplifting speech at the Kennedy School of Government yesterday, praising multinational organizations for promoting peace and development in Africa...
...veteran of the war of independence against Portugal, Chissano said his proudest accomplishments were bringing peace to Mozambique and helping the country’s economy transition from Marxism to capitalism...
...wanted. The Liberian leader has been fighting to redeem his image since June, when he was indicted by a war-crimes court backed by the UN. On Monday, he was dressed in white, headlining a ceremony that included three other African heads of states: Mbeki; Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano, chair of the African Union; and Ghana's John Kufuor, the head of the Economic Community of West African states, which has sent peacekeepers to Liberia. The three had come to see Taylor off, hoping his departure would bring peace to the country...
...granted abrupt and unprepared independence from Portuguese rule, the southern African states of Mozambique and Angola finally have peace in sight. In Angola, two weeks after the country's first democratic election, the contenders seemed at last prepared to accept the outcome of the vote. In Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and Afonso Dhlakama, leader of the guerrilla resistance movement Renamo, finally signed a peace pact last week...