UNDISCLOSED MOZAMBIQUE LOANS
Mozambique’s former president Armando Guebuza accounts part of debt audit
The attorney-general requests information about Guebuza and 17 other individuals in audit of $2bn undisclosed government loans
Mozambique’s attorney-general has asked the country’s banks to provide details of former president Armando Guebuza’s accounts as part of an audit of $2bn in previously undisclosed government loans. The office requested the information about Guebuza and 17 other individuals and an institution for January 2012 to December 2016, according to a letter sent to the banks. Georgina Zandamela, a press officer at the attorney-general’s office, said the request formed part of an audit of Mozambique’s debt being carried out by risk analysis firm Kroll. "This document is part of the preparatory instruction of a secrecy-of-justice process that is before the courts, so we can’t comment," she said. Guebuza’s office in Maputo asked for a letter requesting comment and said a response would be available in 21 days. Isalcio Ivan Mahanjane, a lawyer who represented Guebuza at a parliamentary hearing on the loans in 2016, said he had not seen the request from the attorney-general. Kroll Audit The attorn...
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