 Nekubuda kweHondo yeMozambique yeRusununguko muna 1964, FRELIMO pakutanga yakasimbisa kuti kudzikisira masimba kwaive chimwe chezvinangwa zvavo zvakakosha muhondo yemagandanga vachipesana neHumambo hwePortugal. Asi pashure peCarnation Revolution, iyo yakaunza rusununguko kunyika, Peoples Republic of Mozambique yakagadzwa senyika ine bato rimwe chete. Kuwedzera kwekunetsana kwakakonzerwa nematanho akakwirira ekudzora uye kutonga kwakaguma muMozambique Hondo yeVanhu, umo RENAMO inorwisa makomonisiti yakarwisa hurumende itsva yeFRELIMO, pakupedzisira ichitaurirana rugare uye kuunza demokrasi munyika. 