Joaquim Chissano
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Mozambique’s government-industrial complex
Dangerously close links between government officials and the private sector encourage corruption
Mozambique’s brutal war on free speech
Proposed high fees will make it impossible for those reporting at grassroots level to continue
Remembering a warlord democrat
Afonso Dhlakama, the Mozambican rebel leader, was a quixotic, charismatic figure
‘Madagascar should allow Ravalomanana back’
The mediator in Madagascar’s long-running political crisis has said exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana should be allowed to return home from SA.
Madagascar to be discussed at SADC summit
Jacob Zuma goes to Gabarone to attend the SADC summit where Madagascar’s political problems is expected to be discussed.
Mozambican defence minister sacked
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,…
Uganda says rebels break truce
Uganda on Monday accused Lord’s Resistance Army rebels of breaking a truce by attacking civilians in the Central African Republic, threatening apparent progress at talks to end…
‘Major breakthrough’ as Ugandan ceasefire is signed
The Ugandan government said it had signed a permanent ceasefire accord with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group on Saturday, a landmark step in efforts to end more than…
Ramaphosa summoned by Annan to help in Kenya
Prominent South African businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was expected in Kenya later on Friday to help mediate in talks between the government and the opposition aimed at ending a…
Chissano’s son dies amid murder probe
The eldest son of former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano has died while under investigation for possible involvement in the 2000 murder of a journalist, state radio…
‘Africa is becoming better and better’
Two of Africa’s most respected elder statesmen, Botswana’s former president Ketumile Masire and Mozambican ex-leader Joaquim Chissano, believe the continent is finally shedding…
SA-Mozambique pipeline fuels regional growth
Four years on, a Mozambique-South African gas pipeline is fuelling economic growth and regional cooperation in Southern Africa. It challenges Western assumptions of a…
Mbeki: Crime a symptom of ‘rapacious individualism’
The prevalence of corruption and other forms of crime in South Africa reflected a society that had embraced a culture of individualism, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday.…