Alberto Chipande

However he faces not only the visible resistance of some members of the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique from Armando Guebuza's reign but also from senior Frelimo members who share his Makonde ethnicity led by the liberation war veteran General Alberto Chipande...

Key Nyusi ally General Alberto Chipande has a stake in the bidding through his company Quionga Energia which includes other senior Frente de Libertação de Moçambique generals of Makonde ethnicity including the Defence Minister Atanásio Mtumuke according to our sources (AC Vol 54 No 8 The Quionga network)...

Alberto Chipande the country's most senior general and Nyusi's mentor was amongst those who pushed for debate over the succession...

Frelimo generals from the Makonde ethnic group whose senior member is Nyusi's mentor General Alberto Chipande and who are strongly represented in the security services have been meeting in private to discuss how to tackle the situation Frelimo sources told Africa Confidential...

His allies are starting to emerge now: Celso Correia the young businessman and one-time close ally of Guebuza (AC Vol 52 No 18 Celso Correia favourite son) and his compatriots and his mentor General Alberto Chipande and the Makonde generals (AC Vol 55 No 5 Frelimo picks a candidate)...

Frelimo grandee Alberto Chipande is an ally and was always far more influential with Nyusi than Guebuza...

The candidacy of Nyusi a modest man with little charisma was backed by former Defence Minister General Alberto Chipande the grand old man of the liberation struggle and of the Makonde people...

Firstly the Nacala port concession was awarded in February to a new company linked to the influential General Alberto Chipande (AC Vol 54 No 7 Scramble for Nacala)...

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

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)...