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Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:23:28 GMT
High Court Orders Minister to Halt Extradition of Manuel Chang to Mozambique
[Daily Maverick] Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang -- wanted in both Mozambique and the US on corruption charges -- will stay in jail at least until Friday.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:00:33 GMT
Hidden Debts - Chang Extradition Delayed
[AIM] Maputo -- Contrary to initial expectations. Mozambique's former finance Minister, Manuel Chang, was not extradited to Mozambique on Wednesday.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:00:28 GMT
Hidden Debts - Court Will Call Chang As Witness
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo City Court has agreed to call Mozambique's former Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, as a witness in the case of the country's largest financial scandal, the so-called "hidden debts".

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:00:30 GMT
Hidden Debts - Trial Remains Open to Press, Declares Judge
[AIM] Maputo -- Judge Efigenio Baptista, of the Maputo City Court, on Wednesday insisted that the trial of the 19 people accused of involvement in Mozambique's "hidden debts" will remain open to the press.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:00:19 GMT
Covid-19 - Is Focus of Pandemic Switching to the North?
[AIM] Maputo -- The latest figures from the Mozambican health authorities suggest that the main focus of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country has switched from the southern and central provinces to the north.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 16:25:22 GMT
Hidden Debts: Intelligence Office Admits Negotiating Huge Bribes With Privinvest
[AIM] Maputo -- A high-ranking Mozambican intelligence officer on Tuesday, admitted that he had negotiated bribes of millions of dollars with Lebanese businessman, Jean Boustani, a salesman for the Privinvest group.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:15:58 GMT
'Hidden Debt' Scandal - Trial Opens in Maputo
[RFI] Nineteen suspects -- including the son of Mozambique's ex-president -- have gone on trial over the so-called 'tuna bonds' affair which plunged the country into its worst-ever financial crisis.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:53:11 GMT
Watchdog in Urgent Bid to Stop South Africa From Extradicting Ex-Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang
[Daily Maverick] Lawyers involved in the case suspect that Pretoria might pre-empt the courts by putting Manuel Chang on a plane at 7am Wednesday morning.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:29:39 GMT
Anti-Corruption Watchdogs Aim to Block Former Finance Minister's Extradition
[Daily Maverick] Anrti-corruption watchdog authorities believe he will escape justice in Mozambique and should be sent to face trial in the US instead.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:09:02 GMT
Cabo Delgado - Rwanda, Mozambican Forces Surround Terrorists in 'Last Military Push'
[New Times] Rwandan and Mozambican forces have surrounded the Islamic State-linked terrorist group's last major areas of operation, Siri I and Siri II, according to reports.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:54:44 GMT
Hidden Debts - Lawyers Complain Not Notified of Compensation Demand
[AIM] Maputo -- Defence lawyers at the trial of Mozambique's largest financial scandal, the case of the "hidden debts", on Tuesday complained they had not been notified of the demand for compensation appended to the indictment.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:54:43 GMT
Hidden Debts - Chang Will Be Extradited to Mozambique
[AIM] Maputo -- The South African Minister of Justice, Ronald Lamola, on Monday authorized the extradition of Mozambique's former Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, to Maputo, rather than to the United States.

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:54:41 GMT
Covid-19 - More Cases in North Than South
[AIM] Maputo -- For three out of the last four days, the majority of cases of the respiratory disease Covid-19 diagnosed in Mozambique were reported from the four provinces north of the Zambezi.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:45:50 GMT
Hidden Debts: Prosecution Demands Compensation of Three Billion Dollars
[AIM] Maputo -- The prosecutor in the case of Mozambique's largest ever financial scandal, known as the case of the hidden debts, on Monday demanded that the 19 accused should be ordered to pay compensation to the state of 2.902 billion US dollars, p...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 05:00:07 GMT
Top-Level Talks Were Needed Before Troops Marched Into Mozambique
[ISS] Rwanda and SADC took the high road, but should they have invited the African Union on the journey?

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:36:01 GMT
Rwanda's Military Intervention in Mozambique Raises Eyebrows
[DW] Rwandan forces have driven out Islamist militants in Mozambique's gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. Their success underlines the failure of Mozambique's army, but some observers want Rwanda to state when they will leave.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:47:29 GMT
Hidden Debts - Defence Demands Special Status for Sise Agents
[AIM] Maputo -- As the trial opened in Maputo of the 19 people charged with embezzlement, money laundering corruption and other crimes in the case of Mozambique's largest ever financial scandal, known as the "hidden debts", defence lawyers demanded t...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:12:58 GMT
Justice and Correctional Services Confirms Extradition of Mr Manuel Chang
[Govt of SA] On 27 December 2018, the Pretoria Magistrate's Court authorised the arrest of Mr Manuel Chang in accordance with the Extradition Act No. 67 of 1962. He was intercepted and arrested at OR Tambo International where he was on bound for Duba...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:59:46 GMT
Covid-19 - 15 More Deaths and 261 New Cases
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities on Sunday reported 261 new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and a further 15 deaths.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:00:41 GMT
Hidden Debts - Massively Corrupt Scheme Will Be Tried As From Monday
[AIM] Maputo -- The definitive charge sheet from the Public Prosecutor's Office against 19 people accused of involvement in Mozambique's largest ever financial scandal gives exhaustive details of bribes paid by the Lebanon-based company Privinvest, a...

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 08:29:40 GMT
After Rwanda Has Done the Heavy Lifting in Mozambique, Museveni Says He Now Wants in
[New Times] It was going to be a matter of time before Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni's rage, over the decision by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi to seek military assistance from Rwanda to fight Islamic State (IS) terrorists, boiled over to the...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:01:02 GMT
For Second Day, More Covid-19 Cases in North, Than in South
[AIM] Maputo -- On Saturday, for the second consecutive day, more new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease were reported from the north of the country than from the centre and south.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:26:17 GMT
Mozambique's Ex-Finance Minister Manuel Chang to Be Extradited Back Home Not Us, Pretoria Decides
[Daily Maverick] Washington is 'disappointed' by Pretoria's apparent turnaround.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:27:06 GMT
Rwanda, Mozambique Forces Battle, Dislodge Insurgents From Mbau
[New Times] Rwandan and Mozambican forces on Friday seized another key insurgents' stronghold after a fierce battle in the forest around Mbau, in Cabo Delgado Province.

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:24:25 GMT
Mozambican and Rwandan Forces Take Mbau
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican and Rwandan forces took control of the Mbau area, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, on Friday, according to a report in Saturday's issue of the Rwandan daily "New Times".

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:24:23 GMT
Covid-19 - Rise in Cases in the North, Fall in the South
[AIM] Maputo -- According to the latest statistics from the Mozambican Ministry of Health, the Covid-19 pandemic is beginning to hit the northern provinces more severely than the south and centre of the country.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:19:20 GMT
PM Pledges Further Reforms to Improve Business Environment
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario on Friday said the government will continue its efforts to fast-track the approval and implementation of reforms enshrined in the Action Plan to Improve the Business Environment (P...

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:48:16 GMT
Attorneys Must Fight Terrorism and Environmental Crimes
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican Attorney-General Beatriz Buchili on Friday called on 30 newly appointed district attorneys to show commitment in the fight against terrorism and against environmental crimes.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:35:31 GMT
Judge in 'Hidden Debts' Case Has Not Resigned
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Supreme Court has categorically denied rumours that the judge chosen to try the case of the country's "hidden debts", Efigenio Baptista, has resigned from the case.

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:34:52 GMT
EDM Hopes to Restore Cabo Delgado Power in 45 Days
[AIM] Maputo -- The publicly owned Mozambican electricity company, EDM, has pledged to restore power to all districts in the northern province of Cabo Delgado within 45 days.



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