Alberto Joaquim Chipande

Alberto Chipande reputedly Mozambique's most influential general and a key backer of Frelimo's presidential candidate Filipe Nyusi...

He was at first thought to be Guebuza's alone but if any party grandee is Nyusi's true godfather it is General Alberto Joaquim Chipande the man who supposedly fired the first shot in the liberation war and is an influential member of the northern Makonde ethnic group (AC Vol 55 No 5 Frelimo picks a candidate)...

Nyusi counts among his supporters arguably the country's most powerful general Alberto Chipande who is also a member of the Makonde ethnic group's elite (AC Vol 54 No 8 The Quionga network)...

These include generals Alberto Joaquim Chipande and Raimundo Pachinuapa former Governors of Cabo Delgado who have much control over land in the region and whose business interests in forestry mining and transport Africa Confidential has already detailed (AC Vol 54 No 8)...

Katupha’s multitude of business activities include partnership with General Alberto Joaquim Chipande in the controversial timber industry...

The most important figure in the development of the north is General Alberto Chipande whom Frelimo legend credits with firing the shots that launched the liberation war against Portugal in 1964...

General Alberto Joaquim Chipande’s key business move was the formation of Quionga Energia SA this January...

) Reliable sources have told Africa Confidential that shareholders in the local companies include senior Frelimo members chief among whom is the former Minister for Defence and possible candidate for the next Presidency General Alberto Chipande...

The real surprise was the growing strength of war veteran and old-guard stalwart Alberto Chipande and his allies Carvalho Muária Sofala Province Governor since 2010; Alberto Vaquina Tete Governor; and Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè former Speaker of Parliament and ex-head of the Verification Committee in charge of party discipline...

She will not seek power herself but may back a contender like Alberto Chipande the old-guard figure who is mounting his own improbable bid for the leadership...