Changing of guard in Maputo

By André Thomashausen

A new and less emotional generation is taking charge of Maputo, writes André Thomashausen.

Mozambique’s transformation from one-party state to multiparty democracy has been rocky. Most recently, on March 18, Information Handling Services, formerly Jane’s Information Group, warned of a serious and imminent risk the country falling back into a state of armed conflict.

Last Sunday, March 29, Frelimo’s central committee, after a stormy debate, forced Armando Guebuza, who had been head of state until January, to resign as president of the party, and elected, with 98 percent of the vote, the country’s new president, Filipe Nyusi, to succeed him.

Crise no ANC resulta de atraso na "democratização interna"

Analista sul-africano, Andre Thomashausen, afirma que ANC ainda não fez transição de movimento de libertação para partido democrático

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O analista político, Andre Thomashausen, afirma que a crise no ANC se deve ao facto de o principal partido da África do Sul não ter feito a transição de "movimento de libertação, de cariz leninista, para partido democrático".