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Over 100 dead in Mozambique ferry incident

Over 100 dead in Mozambique ferry incident

MORE than 100 people died after a ferry boat sank off the northern coast of Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi said, and almost 20 others were still missing. An official from the country's Maritime Transport Institute (INTRASMAR) said the vessel carrying 130 passengers was an overloaded fishing boat and was not licensed to transport people. It was ferrying people from Lunga in Nampula province to Mozambique Island on Sunday, Lourenco Machado, an administrator of INTRASMAR, said on state television, adding that initial reports indicated that it was hit by a tidal wave. The passengers were reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak, the…
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Mozambique president dragged into debt scandal

Mozambique president dragged into debt scandal

A Lebanese shipbuilder at the centre of a $2 billion debt scandal in Mozambique said it made payments to its now-president and ruling party in 2014, but said these were legal campaign donations not bribes, according to a London court filing. Privinvest said payments made to President Filipe Nyusi in the run-up to his election and to the Frelimo party were allowed under Mozambican law, according to the January 15 filing at London's High Court. The case relates to a series of tuna fishing, maritime security and shipbuilding projects in which Privinvest was the sole contractor and for which Mozambique…
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