MOZAMBIQUE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION (MANU)
5-11-1965
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MANU HELD SUCCESSFULLY
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The National Congress of £he Mozambique. African National Union (MANU),
held on 9th September 1965t has successfully achieved its goals and has now
been ratified by all sections of MANU'."in Mozambique, as well as those sections
in Kenya^ Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
The Congress of MANU stated goals of unification of all elements of
the. M'ozambiean. People and the intensification of the liberation war in Mozambique. The Congress approved the action of the MANU Central Committee which
resulted in the iniciation of the armed struggle on 28th August,1964, with the
attack on Nangololo by MANU cadres under the leadership of Lucasi Fernandes
Mbunde.
The Congress of MANU has  directed the Central Committee to take all
necessary steps far the intensifiVation of the activities of the MANU guerrillas
in the four Northern Districts of Mozambique and to prepare for the'.'eventual
extension of the liberation war to the Central and Southern regions^ At the
smae time the Central Committee has been directed to intensify its organizational activities among the Mozambican masses in Central and Southern Mozambique
and to bring the organizational level of those regions up to that of the North
within the shortest possible time.
The Congress of MANU has also directed the Central Committee to
complete the merger of UNAMI(African National Union for Mozambican Independence)
with MANU within the shortest possible time; (2) to do everything possible to
find a. reasonable basis for unity of all Mozambican parties and political
elements that are prepared to carry on the armed struggle to liberate Mozambique
from Portuguese colonial domination and all forms of foreign domination.
"'•        The Congress reaffirmed the firm belief of MANU in the necessity of
unity of the Mozambiqan nationalist movement an'd pointed out the principal
perquisites for an effective and lasting unity. These were:
a) A meeting of the leaders of the various parties to work out a mutually
acceptable basis for unification of these parties.
b) Acceptance'by the various parties of the principle of democratic
leadership. It is essential that the formation of any united front be
immediately followed by a congress of the representatives of all its
elements to determine its policies and to elect its leadership.
c) Acceptance by the various parties of the principles'of equality and of
the representation of all the peoples of Mozambique. It is a fact that
certain parties, FJRELIMO being- the worst example, have always tended to
discriminate against the people of Northern Mozambique and against
Muslim( who form 35% of the Mozambican population) and have'"tended to
exclude Northerners and Muslim from positions of leadership. It must be
clear that if there is to be unity, such policies cannot be tolerated.
It was, after all, principally for these reasons that MANU was forced to
withdraw from FRELIMO, after having played the leading role in establishing it.
d£ Those leaders in certain of the parties who have made themselves
committed to certain imperialist parties- in return for money with which
to buy houses in Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania) and to live lavishly at the
expense of the national struggle, must end their anti-national #ommit-
ments and activities or be removed from their posts.
The Congress of MANU soundly condemned the intrigues og the
American, British and Israeli Imperialists in Mozambique and their role in
giving material aid, both financial and military aid to the Portuguese colonialists t'o use in their colonial war and genocide campaigns against the Mozambican
People. The Congress especially condemned the action of FRELIMO of sending
a number of Mozambicans for training with the Israeli Army. This action on the
part of FRELIMO was condemned and denounced as,;treason to the Mozambican Nation'"
and an insult to the Muslim People of Mozambique and to all Mozambican patriots.
The Congress of MANU has elected new members to the Central Committee
and in some ca'ses changed the posts of old ones in accordance with the needs of
the^Revolutions The Central Committee is under the leadership of Bwana Seif
Al-Aziz L. Milas, who has been unanimously elected as President.
The Congress of MANU also made resolutions; condemning the American
aggression in South Viet-Nam and demanding the withdrawal of the Americans from
Viet-Nam; Supporting the fraternal People of South Arabia in their struggle
against British oppression and colonialism; Condemning British reluctance to
carry out Britain's responsibility to the African People of Rhodesia. In support
of the just struggle of the Brave Arab People of Palestine.
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