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Mozambique
Population: 21.6 mn.
GDP: 9.5 bn.
Debt: 1.6 bn.
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Government business will take a back seat as Frelimo factions prepare for the September congress to debate a successor to President Armando Guebuza in the 2015 election. Railway rehabilitation speeds up to boost coal and other exports. 

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  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

The President is for turning

The people’s protests against ruinous rises in food prices may have ended Guebuza’s efforts to extend his rule

  • Vol 51 No 18
  •  10th September 2010

The real cost of Maputo’s aid

Mozambique receives more aid per head than neighbouring – and similar – countries like Malawi and Tanzania. This is partly because of its long-past ‘post-conflict status’ but also because of its loyal adherence to World Bank/International Monetary Fund st...

  • Vol 51 No 6
  •  19th March 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
  •  5th February 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
  •  6th November 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
  •  6th November 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 extra...

  • Vol 50 No 10
  •  15th May 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
  •  20th June 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 developme...

  • Vol 49 No 3
  •  1st February 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
  •  22nd June 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. He ...

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