Mozambique: Portugal and South Africa Will Only Send Ministers & EU Will Only Send Ambassadors To Investiture of Chapo

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will not attend the investiture of Daniel Chapo. Instead, he will send his foreign minister, Paulo Rangel, to represent Portugal. They reached what is described as “an intermediate solution” after the Portuguese parliament called on the government not to recognise the election, reported the newspaper Publico.

Citing a diplomat, the paper says “There is a serious internal problem in Mozambique, which obliges us to be prudent. Sending a minister and…