The Mozambican Civil War begins in 1975 following the war of independence.
The ruling party, Front for Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO), is violently opposed from 1977 by the Rhodesian, and later South African, funded Mozambique Resistance Movement (RENAMO).
Over 900,000 die in fighting and from starvation, five million civilians sre displaced, many were made amputees by land mines, a legacy from the war that continues to plague Mozambique.Fighting ends in 1992 and the country's first free elections will be held in 1994.
