The Armed Forces for the Defence of Mozambique (Portuguese: Forças
Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique) or FADM were formed in mid August 1994
from the previous warring factions of the Mozambique Civil War, which
ended in 1992. The new armed forces were formed through a commission,
the Comissão Conjunta para a Formação das Forças Armadas de Defesa e
Segurança de Moçambique (CCFADM), chaired by the Organization of the
United Nations to
Mozambique ONOMUZ. The new armed forces were formed by integrating those
soldiers of the former Popular Forces for the Liberation of Mozambique
(FPLM) and the rebels, the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) who
wished to stay in uniform. |