Joaquim Alberto Chissano

Greatly strengthened by November's local elections (AC Vol 44 No 24) the Secretary General of Frente de Libertaçao de Moçambique (Frelimo) Armando Guebuza is preparing to purge the party of some of incumbent President Joaquim Chissano's business associates...

As it plots a path beyond President Joaquim Chissano's retirement at 2004's general elections the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique has emerged from November's local elections looking rather more vulnerable than it had hoped...

Mozambican President and African Union head Joaquim Chissano said he was not surprised noting the steady political deterioration...

The incoming AU Chairperson President Joaquim Chissano sounded serious when he claimed that consensus had been reached that peace and stability were basic conditions for Africa's development and again when he repeated Mbeki's call for all members to ratify the Council...

President Joaquim Chissano attempted to leave the door open but compounded the doubts by adding 'We are going to wait and see if there is any change in that country by the 10 July'...

With the December 2004 elections now in sight and President Joaquim Chissano stepping down after 18 years in power the long-running battle for power in the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) party is rising to the forefront...

He will continue to distance himself from President Joaquim Chissano's failures and forge his support base including his alliance with Renamo's Raul Domingos (AC Vol 43 No 25)...

The man who increasingly looks like Mozambique's next leader Armando Guebuza the presidential candidate of the ruling Frelimo party (formerly Frente de Libertação Moçambicana) is distancing himself from the current leader President Joaquim Chissano...

Manhenje a former Minister in the Presidency and a Joaquim Chissano man is under attack by the Guebuza camp...

Political veteran 'Guebas' was strongly opposed by his old opponent the increasingly lame-duck President Joaquim Chissano who announced last year that he would not stand again as national president but would hold on to the party leadership...

Mozambique's President Joaquim Chissano responded good-humouredly that just because one gets wet when building a shelter in the rain one doesn't abandon the project...