Formers Mozambican and the ruling Frelimo party presidents, Joaquim Chissano and Armando Guebuza, have not been formally invited to Friday’s Central Committee decisive meeting, party insiders told Mozambique Insights. Frelimo is meeting at an extraordinary meeting of its full Central Committee on Friday with the sole objective of choosing its candidate for the presidential elections slated for 9 October 2024. The decision to call for an extraordinary meeting was taken at the party’s ordinary Central Committee meeting last April. Barring any surprises, current President Filipe Nyusi will step down in January 2025, at the end of the constitutional second five-year term. As such, Frelimo needs to wrap up the succession process by electing its presidential nominee for the forthcoming October...
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Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang has finally been extradited to the United States after a protracted extradition battle played out in South African courts.
On Wednesday, South Africa’s Justice and Correctional Services surrendered Chang to US Marshals Service, who promptly flew him to the US, where he is to be tried on charges of fraud.
Click on the picture to see the timeline from his arrest on 29 December 2018 to his extradition on 12 July 2023.
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The chairperson of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party, Filipe Nyusi, faced an open challenge to address a pressing concern for both...
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Venâncio Mondlane, head of list and the candidate for Mayor of Maputo in last year’s municipal elections, and member of...
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The secretary-general of the Mozambican Youth Organisation (OJM), the youth league of the ruling Frelimo party, Silva Livone, in a...
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