Mozambique: Cahora Bassa Not Under Threat

Maputo — Despite lurid headlines in the Mozambican press about a foreign plot to destroy the Cahora Bassa dam, in reality the dam is working normally, and its management knows nothing about the alleged plot.

"This came as a complete surprise to us. At no time did the police tell us the dam was under threat", Paulo Muxanga, the chairperson of the dam operating company, HCB, told AIM on Wednesday. He had first heard about the supposed plot from the media.

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