The Forgotten War That Killed 1 Million Discover the brutal Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992) that killed one million people—7% of the country's entire population—yet remains largely unknown. Just two years after gaining independence from Portugal, Mozambique became a Cold War battleground. The ruling FRELIMO party, backed by the Soviet Union, fought RENAMO insurgents secretly supported by the United States and apartheid South Africa. According to Wikipedia, one million Mozambicans were killed in