Africa: 'Prize is for Entire Mozambican People' - Chissano

Maputo — Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano declared on Sunday that the Mo Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African leadership that he won last week "is deserved by the entire Mozambican people".

Speaking to reporters at Maputo international airport, after returning from visits to Uganda, Burkina Faso and South Africa, Chissano said "All that I did was possible because I had the support of the Mozambican people".

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