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...principal political speech, delivered before Nairobi's diplomatic corps, John Paul attacked "atheistic ideology." Under Mozambique's socialist regime, Catholics are in detention, and many people are denied their right of worship. Catholicism is naturally associated with the colonial Portuguese, but the government of President Samora Machel propagandizes against all religions. Many services have been banned, mission activities restricted, and churches and mosques have been padlocked...
Fresh from overseeing the settlement of Zimbabwe's independence, Lord Soames flew off to Mozambique late last month. There, in the capital of Maputo, he indicated that Britain would help President Samora Machel rebuild the war-shattered rail line from the Rhodesian border to the Mozambican port of Beira. Someone asked Machel: How did aid from capitalist Britain square with his Marxist principles? "Our Marxist principles stand," he replied, hoisting a glass of French champagne. "Don't you like drinking champagne in a Marxist country...
Released in 1974, Mugabe went into exile in Mozambique. There, harbored by Marxist President Samora Machel and armed largely by Peking, he organized his Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) and launched a full-scale guerrilla war against the Smith regime...
...well-washed jeans and carrying sharp, long-bladed pruning knives. Striding in an orderly single file onto the bus that would carry them to lunch at their school, the boys burst spontaneously into well-harmonized songs praising African solidarity and the works of their country's President, Samora Machel. "They are always singing," beamed the Cuban teacher. "It's part of their national tradition...
...ZANU dissidents who have been held in Mozambique prisons for more than two years. Insisting that the prisoners were the responsibility of the Mozambicans, Mugabe angrily threatened to boycott the elections. At week's end, however, he grudgingly agreed to their release under pressure from Mozambique President Samora Machel, and scheduled a triumphant return to Rhodesia on Sunday...