Mozambique: GDP up nearly 6% in Q3 - official
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Mozambique will take “many years” to recover following its hidden debt scandal, Angolan economist Fátima Roque, who launched her book “A Decade of Africa” on Thursday, said, adding that it would take time to regain the confidence of the international community.
Roque, who was a UNITA member when it was led by Jonas Savimbi, told Lusa in an interview that Mozambique had been on the right track but lamented the path it had recently taken with the debt scandal.
She said this was “very serious” for the Mozambique and said the country also had economic problems as well as peace and reconciliation issues to solve.
Jihadist movements are another challenge for the country, she added.
Mozambique recently detained nine people in the hidden debt investigation. Among the detainees are Ndambi Guebuza, a son of Mozambique’s former president, Armando Guebuza, as well as a former private secretary of the head of state, Ines Moiane, and former agents of the State Information and Security Services (SISE).
The detentions occurred after the U.S. ordered Manuel Chang, a former finance minister of Mozambique, to be detained on 20 December in South Africa.
Chang, who is being held in custody in South Africa, will be sent back to Maputo rather than extradited to the US, said South Africa’s minister of international relations.
“We will send him to Mozambique and believe that this is the easiest thing to do for everyone,” said Lindiwe Sisulo, in an interview with South African newspaper Daily Maverick.
Sisulo said that South Africa’s government takes the view that it is best for Chang to be tried in Mozambique for his role in public enterprises taking out more than $2 billion in loans, with state guarantees, unbeknownst to parliament.
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