The World - News from Sept. 8, 1985
Mozambican and Zimbabwean forces demolished the command center of Mozambique’s main rebel group, the anti-communist Mozambique National Resistance, and killed hundreds of guerrillas, the Mozambique News Agency said. It said the attack occurred Aug. 28, but the government’s announcement was delayed until Saturday, the 11th anniversary of the end of Mozambique’s successful war for independence from Portugal. The agency said that rebel leader Afonzo Dhlakama escaped from the center, code-named Casa Banana, on a motorbike.
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