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FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019, file photo former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, appears in court in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. A South Africa court has Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, set aside an earlier decision to extradite Chang back to Mozambique, and he may now face extradition to the United Sates. (AP Photo/Phill Magakoe, File)

Court opens way to send ex-Mozambique minister to US trial

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Ex-Mozambique finance minister awaits extradition ruling

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, photo, vote counting takes place after polling station closed in Maputo, Mozambique. Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in the country that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of nearly 30 million people. (AP Photo/Ferhat Momade)

Mozambique’s Frelimo appears headed for big election win

By TOM BOWKER - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019 file photo former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, appears in court in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Chang is challenging attempts to extradite him to the United States, as the extradition hearing got underway Wednesday Oct. 16, 2019, for an alleged corruption trial. (AP Photo/Phill Magakoe, File)

Ex-Mozambique finance minister fights extradition to US

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 pedestrians pass a wall plastered with election posters in Maputo, Mozambique. The country's elections on Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019 are almost certain to return the ruling party, Frelimo, and President Filipe Nyusi, to power but it is unclear if the results will establish badly needed stability and economic growth. (AP Photo/Ferhat Momade)

Mozambique braces for ‘ill-tempered and nasty’ election

By TOM BOWKER - Associated Press

Murder of election observer in Mozambique causes outcry

Associated Press

Illustration on Pope Francis by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

How the pope strays from spirituality and morality, and wears the mantel of a politician

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Pope Francis waves to wellwishers as he leaves after a meeting at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in the capital Maputo, Mozambique Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Pope Francis is opening a three-nation pilgrimage to southern Africa with a strategic visit to Mozambique, just weeks after the country's ruling party and armed opposition signed a new peace deal and weeks before national elections. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Pope denounces danger of corruption in Mozambique Mass

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis poses with Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, left, and his wife Isaura Nyusi at the Ponta Vermelha Palace on the occasion of their meeting, in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Francis is starting his first full day in Mozambique with a speech before government authorities and invited members of the armed opposition who just signed a permanent cease-fire to solidify the country's peace process. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope to Mozambique after new accord: ‘Courage brings peace’

By NICOLE WINFIELD and HELENA ALVES - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves as he boards an aircraft on his way to Maputo, Mozambique, in Rome's Fiumicino International airport, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Pope Francis heads this week to the southern African nations of Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, visiting some of the world's poorest countries in a region hard hit by some of his biggest concerns: conflict, corruption and climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope makes strategic visit to Mozambique after peace deal

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis salutes pilgrims and faithful as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his weekly general audience, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Climate, post-conflict peace on pope’s Africa agenda

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, farmer Fernando Amis, explains how Cyclone Idai ruined his home and destroyed his possessions on the outskirts of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. When the cyclone roared through central Mozambique in March, it left some 200,000 people homeless and destroyed about 2 million acres of crops. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Thousands in Mozambique rebuild after devastating cyclones

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Ex-Mozambican finance minister remains in South African jail

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Renamo leader Ossufo Momade, center, performs a dance with locals upon his arrival for a peace accord signing ceremony at Gorongosa National Park, about 170 kilometres from Beira, Mozambique, Thursday, Aug, 1, 2019. Momade is set to sign a peace agreement with Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi, ending decades of hostilities that included a 15 year civil war. The former rebel groups remaining fighters are disarming just weeks before a visit by Pope Francis and a national election that will test the now-political rivals new resolve. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Mozambique peace accord brings hope of economic growth

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Illustration on adjudicating African corruption by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Corruption took place in Africa, funded by European banks, and justice can’t be served in U.S. court

By Brian M. Carney

UN chief to visit Kenya and Mozambique next week

Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo people pass through a section of the road damaged by Cyclone Idai in Nhamatanda about 50 kilometres from Beira, in Mozambique. Mozambique says it needs $3.2.billion to recover from two powerful tropical cyclones that ripped into the southern African nation this year and left hundreds dead. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Mozambique seeks $3.2 billion to recover from cyclones

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A young boy uses a shovel to clear the road in Pemba city on the northeastern coast of Mozambique, Thursday, May, 2, 2019. The government has said more than 40 people died after Cyclone Kenneth made landfall on Thursday and the humanitarian situation in Pemba and other areas is dire. More than 22 inches (55 centimeters) of rain has fallen in Pemba since Kenneth arrived just six weeks after Cyclone Idai tore into central Mozambique. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

More than 1 million children affected by Mozambique cyclones

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

An aerial shot shows widespread destruction caused by Cyclone Kenneth when it struck Ibo island north of Pemba city in Mozambique, Wednesday, May, 1, 2019. The government has said more than 40 people have died after the cyclone made landfall on Thursday, and the humanitarian situation in Pemba and other areas is dire. More than 22 inches (55 centimeters) of rain have fallen in Pemba since Kenneth arrived just six weeks after Cyclone Idai tore into central Mozambique. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

On cyclone-shattered island in Mozambique, shock and debris

By TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI - Associated Press

A woman shows one of her feet after walking in the mud near a site where two houses were crushed by the collapse of a massive, sprawling dumpsite that hit just after midnight when rains poured in Pemba city on the northeastern coast of Mozambique, Monday, April, 29, 2019. Mozambique's government says the death toll from last week's Cyclone Kenneth has jumped to 38 as flooding continues. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Heavy rains disrupt aid for survivors of Mozambique cyclones

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press