Ossufo Momade

Renamo gainsDespite divisions within Renamo and a general view that its leader Ossufo Momade has none of the popular appeal of his veteran late predecessor Afonso Dhlakama Renamo made important electoral gains in the 2018 elections...

Old-guard former guerrilla fighter Ossufo Momade became leader chosen by the party over Secretary General Manual Bissopo who was no longer on close terms with Dhlakama...

Former Renamo Secretary General Ossufo Momade has been named as temporary leader while Dhlakama's ambitious niece Ivone Soares has begun a battle for the leadership against challengers including secretary general Manuel Bissopo who was shot and wounded – many believe by Frelimo gunmen – in January 2016...

He is backed by Ossufo Momade from Nampula one of the few senior Renamo fighters still active in the party and Manuel Pereira the Sofala provincial representative...