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This book traces the end of hostilities and the often acrimonious, sometimes naive, but always laboured negotiations towards peace and elections in Mozambique. There is careful examination of the many international actors involved, from the covert intervention of South Africa, the reaction of other African states, the role of the United Nations and that of humanitarian and religious groups. Care is taken to avoid caricaturing the actors or to make heroes and villains of the participants in this complex struggle. The motivations of the RENAMO guerillas and the government reactions through the FRELIMO forces are carefully explained. The lessons to be learned in Africa and beyond from the slow progress towards peaceful resolution are discussed.