Mozambique, 1991 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 24 June 1991, during the period in which the FRELIMO government of Mozambique was moving from a Marxist-Leninist one-party state toward a multiparty democracy under President Joaquim Chissano, amid the continuing Mozambican Civil War against the RENAMO insurgency. After the death of Samora Machel in a 1986 plane crash, Chissano expanded ties with the West and, following the end of the Cold War, opened the political system: a new draft constitution in 1989 paved the way for multiparty politics, and a new constitution adopted in November 1990 formally made Mozambique a multiparty state. Direct FRELIMO-RENAMO peace talks had begun around 1990 and would culminate in the October 1992 Rome General Peace Accords.
The 24 June 1991 coding sits in this period of political transition, ongoing civil war, and factional tension within FRELIMO and the security forces as the party moved away from socialism toward a negotiated settlement and multiparty elections.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
54106241991
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Chissano completed the transition, ended the war in 1992, and won multiparty elections in 1994.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
The Guardian
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