Vol 65 No 21 | MOZAMBIQUE Mondlane’s vote surge overturns the status quo 12th October 2024 Railing against joblessness and hardship, young voters deserted Frelimo and long-time opposition Renamo Ruling party Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) and leading opposition politician Venâncio Mondlane, an independent who ran on the ticket of th...
Vol 65 No 21 | MOZAMBIQUE Wild card Mondlane tests ruling party’s election tactics 9th October 2024 After 50 years in power, Frelimo’s right to rule is on the ballot and national politics will see a generational change On 9 October, ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) faces its toughest election since multi-party politics started in 1994. A wild card quasi-ind...
Vol 65 No 16 | MOZAMBIQUE Privinvest on the hook 1st August 2024 London’s High Court has awarded Mozambique over US$825 million and more than $1.5 billion in indemnity for payments relating to the country’s $2bn of state-guaranteed h...
Vol 65 No 14 | MOZAMBIQUE End of the loan line 4th July 2024 Mozambique has reached a US$220 million out-of-court settlement with three more creditors in its $2 billion hidden loans case, which was heard last year in London’s High Cour...
Vol 65 No 11 | MOZAMBIQUE How Chapo won the anti-Nyusi vote 23rd May 2024 The ruling party has elected its most junior leader ever – in an apparent snub to the outgoing President After the surprise selection of Governor of Inhambane province Daniel Chapo as the ruling Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique's presidential candidate for October's general election...
Vol 65 No 11 | MOZAMBIQUE Ins and outs in Cabo Delgado 23rd May 2024 The plethora of international military forces in Cabo Delgado province is about to shrink. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) contingent of over 2,200 soldiers, whic...
Vol 65 No 10 | MOZAMBIQUE The prize goes to Chapo 9th May 2024 The ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) party has finally chosen its presidential candidate for October's general election. In a process which ...
Vol 65 No 5 | MOZAMBIQUE Hidden loans kingpin dies 29th February 2024 Iskandar Safa, the Franco-Lebanese entrepreneur at the centre of the US$2 billion 'hidden loans' scandal that impoverished Mozambique and drew top state officials and Frente de Lib...
Vol 65 No 1 | MOZAMBIQUEAFRICA IN 2024 Frelimo set to steal polls again 4th January 2024 The massive fraud in the local elections looks like a dress rehearsal for Frelimo fixing the result of the presidential contest in October All eyes are on the October general election, which will produce no surprises. Having practised the fraud in the municipal polls of October 2023, the ruling Frente de Liberta&ccedi...
Vol 64 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE 'Corruption defence' in loans trial 14th December 2023 Maputo's lawyers argue that those involved in the maritime schemes should have known how corrupt the country was before they funded them The London trial over Mozambique's US$2 billion 'hidden loans' nears its end this week as lawyers present their closing arguments. Mozambique sued Credit Suisse bank, along with ma...