Renamo has said it will boycott local elections in November and intends to disrupt them.

BBC: Mozambican ex-rebels Renamo in police clash

First, when peace was arranged between Frelimo and Renamo in 1992, the shooting actually stopped.

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Renamo lost to the Frelimo government, but only just, and the result was accepted as fair.

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The incident in the central town of Muxungue followed two police raids on Renamo gatherings earlier in the week.

BBC: Mozambican ex-rebels Renamo in police clash

Renamo leads an alliance of opposition parties, which hopes to woo dissatisfied voters.

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Renamo is strongest in the north of the country, where its roots are.

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Renamo has long identified itself with tradition, and been respectful of it.

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At least five people in Mozambique have been killed after members of the opposition party Renamo, an ex-rebel movement, attacked a police post.

BBC: Mozambican ex-rebels Renamo in police clash

But since Renamo has no track record in government, it is impossible to say whether matters would improve if the opposition took over parliament.

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Renamo said it launched the attack in retaliation for the police raids on meetings they were holding in the towns of Gondola and Muxungue.

BBC: Mozambican ex-rebels Renamo in police clash

Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama says he needs his own personal bodyguards, and the men usually stay in his bush camp in the Gorongosa mountains in central Mozambique.

BBC: Mozambican ex-rebels Renamo in police clash