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Mozambique

Graça Machel

Date of Birth: 17 October 1945
Place of Birth: Incadine, Gaza Province, Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique)


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Frelimo set to steal polls again

Insiders say recent pointed remarks about self-interested 'infiltrators' in Frelimo by Graça Machel (the widow of founding President Samora Machel and President Nelson Mandela) refer to Nyusi's supporters including his close ally Celso Correia who led the municipal election campaign and organised Frelimo's victory in the last general election (AC Vol 60 No 21 Frelimo takes no chances)...


The Kenyatta-Odinga deal starts fraying

Unlike the February 2008 National Accord between former president Mwai Kibaki and Odinga midwifed by African Union emissaries notably Kofi Annan Benjamin Mkapa and Graça Machel and chaperoned by Western diplomats the March 2018 'Handshake' was negotiated between close Kenyatta and Odinga family members gazetted by the Office of the President as an official function and foisted on the public as a fait accompli (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...


No son, you can't run

Frelimo conservatives see the hand of Samito's stepmother Graça Machel in his political ascent but sources close to Samito deny it...


New faces, old issues

He still has some influential opponents in Frelimo though including Graça Machel widow of Founding President Samora Machel and later of South African President Nelson Mandela...


Frelimo wins, Renamo revives

The factions most hostile to Guebuza are reaching out to Nyusi including former President Joaquim Chissano and elder stateswoman Graça Machel...


The fire this century

Mozambique's Graça Machel a member of the Elders group and the widow of the late South African President Nelson Mandela differed stridently...


Ruby wedding

The MRM Chairman is Samora Machel Júnior son of Founding President Samora Machel and Graça Machel...


Frelimo picks a candidate

Graça Machel widow of Founding President Samora Machel and then of South African President Nelson Mandela disappointed many by refusing to put herself forward but threw her weight behind the Chissano faction making an impassioned speech that helped expand the candidate list...


The race opens up

She also has the backing of ex-President Joaquim Chissano and Graça Machel widow of South Africa's Nelson Mandela and of Founding President Samora Machel...


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