Mozambique: Finance minister blames predecessor in debt scandal

Mozambican Finance Minister Adriano Maleiane told a court Friday that his predecessor had covered up $2 billion in debts that plunged the nation into economic collapse. Maleiane is one of the most senior government officials to testify so far in the trial over the...

Mozambique: Corruption trial for ex-Mozambican leader’s son set for August

Nineteen defendants including a former president's son linked to a massive debt scandal that plunged Mozambique into its worst financial crisis are to go on trial next month, according to a court document seen Wednesday. The scandal saw the government secretly take...

Mozambique: Europeans getting drawn into Mozambique crisis, starting with “military training”

EU ambassadors on Wednesday gave the green light to setting up a military mission in Mozambique to help train its armed forces battling jihadists in the north of the country, diplomats said. A deadly insurgency by militants linked to the Islamic State group has...

Daviz Simango, head of Mozambique’s second largest opposition party and mayor of Beira dies at 57

The leader of Mozambique's second largest opposition party and a top mayor who fought climate change in his low-lying coastal city Beira, Daviz Simango, has died aged 57, his family said Monday. He was transferred to a South African hospital last week for treatment,...

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