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US-sanctioned narcotics kingpin's finance for the governing party complicates
commercial and diplomatic relations
The appearance of
Mohamed Bashir Suleiman – designated a 'drugs kingpin' by the
United States – at the banquet of a local business association on 18 September
has infuriated friends of Filipe Nyussi, presidential candidate of the
governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique . This is because the
Confederação das Associações Económicas de Moçambique (CTA), the
organisers of the banquet, invited Bashir to the event and placed him at the top
table, just a couple of seats away from Nyussi. As the CTA banquet at the Indy
Village complex in Maputo turned out to be a fundraiser for Frelimo's election
campaign, Bashir's attendance sent a clear message: that he remains an important
financier of the party, despite US reports that his fortune derives from drug
smuggling, and that he has strong endorsement from a powerful faction within
Frelimo.
África Confidential
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