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Mozambique court starts ruling on 'hidden debt' graft scandal
Mozambique court starts ruling on 'hidden debt' graft scandal
by  AFP

A court Wednesday begun handing down verdicts in Mozambique's biggest corruption scandal, in which the government unleashed a financial earthquake by trying to conceal huge debts. In March the IMF awarded $456 million in credit to Mozambique, the first such aid awarded since the debt scandal erupted.

Angola's Isabel dos Santos says victim of 'political persecution'
Angola's Isabel dos Santos says victim of 'political persecution'
by  AFP

Angolan tycoon Isabel dos Santos says she is the victim of "political persecution" engineered by President Joao Lourenco, her father's successor at the helm of the oil-rich southern African country. "There is no doubt that we are in a context of political persecution," dos Santos, 49, said in an interview broadcast late Tuesday on TVI/CNN Portugal.

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