No Credit Suisse executives have faced criminal prosecution, despite the company admitting liability
Armando Guebuza gave evidence in a corruption trial that has transfixed the nation
Dangerously close links between government officials and the private sector encourage corruption
High levels of violence are expected in the run-up to the October 15 general elections
Chang has been held in South Africa since December at the request of US authorities over alleged involvement in fraudulent loans to Mozambique SOEs
Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang’s arrest at has triggered a political crisis ahead of the country’s elections later this year
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President Jacob Zuma has commended a peace agreement in Mozambique ahead of the country’s October elections.
Mozambique’s president Armando Guebuza and rebel Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama signed a peace deal in Maputo, bringing to an end a two-year conflict.
The proposed Mphanda Nkuwa dam will affect the livelihoods of 200 000 Mozambicans and force 1 400 households to relocate, writes James Morrissey.
President Jacob Zuma’s support for a major Mozambique hydroelectric project has created a conflict of interest.
Mozambique’s armed forces have attacked a camp of former rebels in the country’s centre where "bandits" terrorised civilians on the road last month.
African leaders have hailed the ANC in centenary celebrations for the continent’s oldest liberation movement which inspired regional freedom battles.
The tentacles of Mozambican President Armando Emilio Guebuza’s huge family business empire make Zuma Incorporated look like a spaza-shop operation.
President Jacob Zuma and his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza have agreed to raise the status of the relationship between their countries.
President Jacob Zuma has called on political leaders in the DRC to keep peace in their country as election results name Joseph Kabila president.
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/ 11 November 2009
Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza won a landslide re-election with 75% of the vote, election officials said on Wednesday.
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/ 28 October 2009
Mozambicans voted in presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.
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/ 28 October 2009
Voting began in Mozambique’s elections on Wednesday, with President Armando Guebuza expected to retain power.
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/ 14 September 2008
Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party on Sunday re-nominated sitting President Armando Guebuza as its candidate for the 2009 presidential election.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has sought Mozambican support in his fight against indictment for genocide and crimes against humanity.
South Africa’s aspirations to lead the continent are being shredded by the xenophobic mobs who have hacked, shot and beaten to death at least 42 African migrants in the land where apartheid was defeated. The mobs accuse the immigrants of depriving South Africans of scarce jobs and fuelling crime.
Zimbabwe’s post-election crisis intensified on Monday after a high court judge threw out an opposition demand for the immediate release of results from the March 29 presidential polls. The opposition reacted angrily to the ruling, urging Zimbabweans to show their disgust at the hold-up by launching a general strike from Tuesday.
Mozambique and South Africa on Friday agreed to speed up work on new energy-production projects to benefit both countries, South African Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said. This was among several issues discussed at a one-day binational commission in Maputo, also attended by President Thabo Mbeki.
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza has fired his defence minister barely a week after the sacking of some top military officers. In a terse presidential statement on Wednesday, Guebuza said he had replaced Tobias Dai with businessman Fillipe Nhussi.
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/ 27 November 2007
Mozambique on Tuesday formally took over from Portugal the control of Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam, Africa’s second most important after that of Aswan in Egypt. ”The control of the dam signifies for us the elimination of the last vestiges of European colonialism in Africa,” Mozambican President Armando Guebuza said before a crowd of 10 000 people.
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/ 25 November 2007
Mozambique will finally take control this week of the biggest dam in sub-Saharan Africa, which had remained in Portuguese hands for more than three decades after the former colonial power’s departure. ”We are finally going to be able to use the dam to satisfy the energy needs of our country,” said President Armando Guebuza.
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/ 31 October 2007
European Union and African ministers met in Accra, Ghana, on Wednesday to decide whether to risk a diplomatic storm by inviting Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to an EU-Africa summit. Britain has said it will boycott the proposed summit in Lisbon if Mugabe attends. Some African nations have said they will stay away if the Zimbabwean leader is not invited.
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/ 19 October 2007
Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza will officially open the country’s second biggest investment project on Friday. Radio Mozambique said in a report that Guebuza would open the -million Moma heavy sands project located in the Moma district of Nampula.
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/ 18 September 2007
South African President Thabo Mbeki and his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza reached agreement Tuesday on moves aimed at increasing access and levels of trade across their common border. In a briefing to reporters after the meeting in Pretoria, senior ministers said the main crossing between the neighbours would soon undergo a major revamp.