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- Vol 51 No 6
- 19/03/2010
Aid strike in Maputo
Relations between President Guebuza’s government and the West are deteriorating fast – that will mean less aid
- Vol 51 No 3
- 05/02/2010
The country gets richer, the party gets stronger
The new Prime Minister backs the President’s push for a state-run economy and a tougher line against the opposition
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
A dominant party – not a one-party state
Accusations of bias and irregularities tarnish the success of Frelimo in national elections and may prompt cuts in investment and aid
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
Brand new MDM will challenge Frelimo
Established just six months before the elections, the Movimento Democrático de Moçambique has come further than any other third party in Mozambique's history and will be well placed to compete more effectively in the next elections in 2014. Based on e...
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
Pax Guebuzana
Buoyed up by aid and trade, the party in power is sure that it will sweep the coming elections
- Vol 49 No 13
- 20/06/2008
Tourist trap
With backing from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation and the United States Agency for International Development President Armando Guebuza's government is trying to raise nearly US$3 billion for several massive new tourist develop...
- Vol 49 No 3
- 01/02/2008
Ordinary rendition
A diplomatic storm is brewing as Mozambican police crack down on West Africans they accuse of being illegal miners. The formal tone of a letter from the Mozambican High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, announcing it has ‘the honour to inform’ the Gui...
- Vol 48 No 13
- 22/06/2007
The clock turns back
He came to power in 2005 with a reputation as a nationalist bruiser with hardline views and a dubious past of Marxist policies and human rights abuses. Since then, President Armando Guebuza has worked to recreate himself as a thoroughly modern leader. ...
- Vol 48 No 3
- 02/02/2007
Guebuza and governance
As the World Bank proclaims its 'leadership role in the fight against fraud and corruption', it has emerged that it has breached its own good governance rules by facilitating and endorsing the award of a state electricity contract to a company in which...
- Vol 47 No 23
- 17/11/2006
Vila Algarve
The building which was the headquarters of torture and abuse by Portugal's secret police, is to be a centre for Mozambique's highest legal association, Ordem dos Advogados, in a reparations deal.
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