Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Conflict episode
FRELIMO launched an armed insurgency against Portuguese colonial rule in September 1964, beginning a ten-year war of independence.
Significance here: The armed struggle that eventually led Portugal to negotiate the Lusaka Accord.
· Agreement
Portugal and FRELIMO signed the Lusaka Accord, providing for a ceasefire and a transitional government leading to Mozambican independence.
Significance here: Set the negotiated basis for Mozambican independence following Portugal's 1974 revolution.
· Declaration
Mozambique became independent from Portugal on 25 June 1975, with FRELIMO leader Samora Machel becoming the country's first President.
Significance here: The formal end of Portuguese rule following the Lusaka Accord transition.
· Recognition
Following the Security Council's unanimous recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the People's Republic of Mozambique as a member of the United Nations.
Significance here: Formal international recognition of Mozambican statehood following independence.
· Conflict episode
RENAMO, founded in May 1977 by the Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation and later sponsored by South African Military Intelligence, waged a fifteen-year civil war against the FRELIMO government.
Significance here: A post-independence civil war with a heavy, disputed casualty toll, outside the scope of this bundle's independence-process coverage.
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