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Events relating to mozambique
The Portuguese establish trading posts in east Africa, on the coast of Mozambique
Frelimo emerges as a Marxist guerrilla group dedicated to winning independence for Mozambique
Portuguese East Africa becomes independent as Mozambique, with Frelimo as the only political party
A guerrilla movement, with Rhodesian backing, launches a long civil war against Frelimo in Mozambique
Mozambique joins the Commonwealth, as the first member not to have emerged from the British empire