PC: RENAMO Mozambique = Chimwenje as a major Zimbabwean rebel movement

RENAMO winning the Mozambican Civil War requires a pretty major AHC in itself; they were always on the back foot and the perception of them being Rhodesian/South African stooges didn’t exactly help. At any rate Chimwenje was never truly capable of independent action and whilst it’s ability to cause chaos would undoubtedly have been increased by there being a RENAMO regime I can’t see them ever provoking a situation that escalates into civil war, let alone winning the resultant conflict.

They just lacked any popular support, even less than RENAMO themselves and whilst Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown might provide an opportunity for that to change, it’s more likely they would have become a scapegoat for Mugabe against more viable opposition parties.
 
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