Filipe Jacinto Nyusi

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 deep involvement in the US$2 billion hidden loans debacle (AC Vol 62 No 18 Mega fraud trial grips nation) and his failure to resolve the security crisis in the north...

SECRET LOANS EXACT A POLITICAL PRICE President Filipe Nyusi's involvement in and subsequent handling of the US$2 billion hidden loans scandal will shape his party's judgment of him...

These include current president Filipe Nyusi whose signature appears on key documents approving the projects and loans contracted when he was defence minister...

In his 2021 statement of solidarity Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chair President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique said 'sanctions significantly undermine the country's capacity to respond to socio-economic challenges'...

Critics say the punishment is too light but the fallout from the so-called 'tuna bonds' is far from over for the Swiss bank – and for Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi and others in the political elite...

Lawyers close to the case say if they can prove high-level conspiracy by Mozambican officials – in particular President Filipe Nyusi – it makes it difficult for the government to argue that Credit Suisse conspired to defraud the country...

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 President Filipe Nyusi as he is implicated by witness after witness...

Neither the police nor President Filipe Nyusi have made any comment...

More and more defendants are testifying on the central role of President Filipe Nyusi in organising the fraudulent scheme in 2013 and 2014...

Conspicuously absent from the list of defendants and witnesses is President Filipe Nyusi who was Defence Minister at the time the deals were agreed and signed documentation relating to the projects...

Mozambique's parliament says President Filipe Nyusi did not consult it about inviting Rwanda in...

Two months after Islamist militants mounted their spectacular invasion of the town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province President Filipe Nyusi still does not know where to turn...