Dom Jaime Gonçalves has been the Catholic Archbishop of Beira since 1984. In 1989, he became involved in parallel diplomacy to persuade the Renamo rebel movement to negotiate with the Mozambican government. When the peace talks between the government and Renamo began in Rome in July 1990 at the Sant’ Egidio community, he became one of the four mediators facilitating the negotiations.

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