Editing Mozambique (section)

===Mozambican War of Independence (1964–1975)===
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[[File:Sempreatentos...aoperigo!.jpg|thumb|Portuguese troops during the [[Portuguese Colonial War]], some loading [[FN FAL]], [[AR-10]] and [[H&K G3]]<!-- Unclear whether this image was taken in Angola or Mozambique -->]]

As [[communism|communist]] and [[Decolonization|anti-colonial]] ideologies spread out across Africa, many clandestine political movements were established in support of Mozambican independence. These movements claimed that since policies and development plans were primarily designed by the ruling authorities for the benefit of Mozambique's Portuguese population, little attention was paid to Mozambique's tribal integration and the development of its native communities.<ref>Dinerman, Alice (26 September 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150424020524/http://www.ipri.pt/publicacoes/revista_ri/artigo_rri.php?ida=173 Independence redux in postsocialist Mozambique]. ipri.pt</ref> According to the official guerrilla statements, this affected a majority of the indigenous population who suffered both state-sponsored discrimination and enormous social pressure. As a response to the guerrilla movement, the Portuguese government from the 1960s and principally the early 1970s initiated gradual changes with new socioeconomic developments and egalitarian policies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=piri piri {{!}} BOOK OF DAYS TALES|url=https://www.bookofdaystales.com/tag/piri-piri/|access-date=28 January 2021|website=www.bookofdaystales.com|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301040145/https://www.bookofdaystales.com/tag/piri-piri/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ([[FRELIMO]]) initiated a guerrilla campaign against Portuguese rule in September 1964. This conflict—along with the two others already initiated in the other Portuguese colonies of [[Portuguese Angola|Angola]] and [[Portuguese Guinea]]—became part of the so-called [[Portuguese Colonial War]] (1961–1974). From a military standpoint, the Portuguese regular army maintained control of the population centres while the guerrilla forces sought to undermine their influence in rural and tribal areas in the north and west. As part of their response to FRELIMO, the Portuguese government began to pay more attention to creating favourable conditions for social development and economic growth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HegjL_5tD6o|title=CD do Diário de Notícias – Parte 08|date=8 July 2007|via=YouTube|access-date=2 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125157/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HegjL_5tD6o|archive-date=17 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>