Agreement

Lusaka Accord, 1974

Portugal and FRELIMO signed the Lusaka Accord, providing for a ceasefire and a transitional government leading to Mozambican independence.

What happened

Following the April 1974 revolution in Portugal that opened the way to decolonisation, Portugal and the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) signed the Lusaka Accord on 7 September 1974, according to the scholarly reference work Encyclopedia of African History, providing for an immediate ceasefire and a transitional government leading to full independence the following year.[1] The accord was signed in Lusaka, Zambia, by a Portuguese delegation led by Foreign Minister Mário Soares and a FRELIMO delegation led by Samora Machel, hosted by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, and set 25 June 1975 as the date for full independence.[2]

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    Claim: Portugal and the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) signed the Lusaka Accord on 7 September 1974, ending the Mozambican War of Independence and providing for an immediate ceasefire and a transitional government leading to full independence the following year.

    • Shillington, Kevin, Encyclopedia of African History (Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005) , Mozambique entry. Source record
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    Claim: The Lusaka Accord was signed on 7 September 1974 in Lusaka, Zambia, by a Portuguese delegation led by Foreign Minister Mário Soares and a FRELIMO delegation led by Samora Machel, hosted by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, and set 25 June 1975 as the date for Mozambique's full independence.

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