Mozambique Leader Consolidates His Power With Ruling Party Post

Filipe Nyusi, president of Mozambique, took over leadership of the country’s ruling party, consolidating his grip on power in a move analysts said was positive for the gas-rich nation’s political and investment outlook.

Nyusi’s predecessor, Armando Guebuza, stood down Sunday from the leadership of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, or Frelimo, at the end of a four-day annual Central Committee meeting. A power struggle between Nyusi and Guebuza was impairing government decision making, with negative implications for investment and relations with the main political opposition, said Alex Vines, head of the Africa program at London-based foreign affairs institute Chatham House.