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Mozambique

Mozambique

Population: 32.07m
GDP: $15.78bn
Debt: 102.6% of GDP (2023 forecast)

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I spy a third term

President Filipe Nyusi has been handing out rewards, ahead of the ruling Frente de Libertaçao de Moçambique (Frelimo) party congress in September, to proven loyalists...


Nyusi tries to shake off the mud

The loans trial is over and an IMF deal is nearly final. The President wants a reset but he’ll need more than a ministerial reshuffle to clear the air

Now the proceedings against those charged with beggaring Mozambique's future by covertly borrowing US$2 billion are over, the main question is how far the public airing of the deep...


In debt to my colleague

The prosecution in the trial of 19 people accused of profiting from the $2 billion in hidden loans closed on 18 February with testimony from its most illustrious witness yet, ex-Pr...


The jihadists show staying power

A badly coordinated foreign intervention has made it easier for insurgents to keep fighting, and spread into new areas despite losing many recruits

The fighting between a regional alliance and Islamist rebels in the northernmost Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique looks far from over. In January, heads of state from the Southern...


Tales of adversity weigh on Nyusi

Embattled by the insurgency in the north and the hidden loans scandal, President Nyusi faces a bruising year

Another troubled year is in store for President Filipe Nyusi as his unpopularity in the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) grows due to his de...


Extradition mission

South Africa cannot make up its mind what to do with former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang, in jail for nearly three years since his arrest in December 2018 in Johannesbu...


Probe focus shifts to Nyusi

The US authorities have fined the two foreign banks in the tuna bond scam. Now Maputo's politicians are in the frame in court

Five years after Mozambique's economy sank into a quagmire of bad debt, Credit Suisse faces at least US$747 million of penalties for its part in the country's $2 billion hidden loa...


The President did it

The trial of 19 state officials and ruling party members accused of corruptly benefiting from the US$2 billion hidden loans scandal continues to grip the country and embarrass Pres...


Capital crimes

The assassination of the exiled Rwandan businessman Revocant Karemangingo in a hail of bullets in Maputo on 13 September has shocked the country and prompted strong international p...


Mega fraud trial grips nation

A live stream of the court hearings on the $2 billion hidden loans scandal yields drama and spotlights a distinctly uncomfortable President Nyusi

The criminal trial in Maputo of many of the state and ruling party officials accused of involvement in the creation and theft of part of the US$2 billion borrowed to finance bogus ...


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