Nyusi supporters in Frelimo are pitched against supporters of Guebuza whose son was convicted in the criminal trial in Maputo over the maritime scheme scandal who may link up with supporters of his predecessor Joaquim Chissano but insiders say Nyusi's circle has been plundering state funds to buy party support on an epic scale...

The three key figures in this campaign – Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and European Union Ambassador to Harare Jobst von Kirchmann – see the election assessment as key...

Under a plan led by Akinwumi Adesina President of the African Development Bank and Joaquim Chissano former President of Mozambique Zimbabwe is to implement a set of economic political and land reforms in exchange for international backing to clear its debt arrears and the ending of financial restrictions on the government (AC Vol 64 No 15 ZANU-PF takes a cut of the green economy)...

Backed by African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano the plan is held up as proof of the government's seriousness on reform...

The main conflict within the ruling party is between Nyusi supporters and the factions loyal to ex-President Armando Guebuza and his predecessor Joaquim Chissano...

The North Korean similes were out in force after party heavyweight Castigo Langa a key minister during President Joaquim Chissano's time had his effort to raise the third-term project at the congress firmly shut down...

There has been some discussion of trying to revive an AU committee set up by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in November last year consisting of Joaquim Chissano Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Kgalema Motlanthe – former presidents of Mozambique Liberia and South Africa respectively – to facilitate negotiations between the parties...

A year ago Abiy ignored the advice of the AU's delegation of three former presidents – Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano South Africa's Kgalema Motlanthe and Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf – to negotiate with Tigray's leaders...