Good afternoon. The government’s National Development Strategy, published last week, has laid bare Mozambique’s failure to tackle poverty over the last decade. Since President Nyusi took office in 2014, the percentage of Mozambicans living in poverty has risen from 46% to 65% in 2022. More than a third of under-5s are chronically underfed.
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The document points to events outside of the current administration’s control, of which the ‘hidden debts’ scandal, which caused international donors to withdraw support, is a legitimate excuse. The same scandal caused a severe devaluation in the metical, making imports much more expensive.
