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A politically active anthropologist from this country who lectured at Syracuse was assassinated in the home of Betty King via mail bomb. A neighboring country’s CIO trained many ex-Flechas (“FLESH-uhz”) to undermine this country’s government. This country signed the Nkomati Accord to end foreign support for a right-wing rebel group led by Afonso (“uh-FONE-soo”) Dhlakama. Hans Louw claimed that (*) South Africa used a false beacon to cause a plane crash that killed the first president of this country, Samora (10[1])Machel. This country’s president Joaquim Chissano (“zhoo-uh-KEEM shee-SAH-noo”) granted 50 percent of positions in the army to RENAMO in the Rome Accords, and this country has been led by FRELIMO since it became independent from Portugal. For 10 points, name this Southeast African (10[1])country whose capital is Maputo. ■END■

ANSWER: Mozambique [or Republic of Mozambique or República de Moçambique]
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