Maputo — The impact of cyclone Idai, which struck central Mozambique on 14 March, boosts the case for Mozambique not repaying any of the "hidden debts" inherited from the previous government, under President Armando Guebuza, according to United Nations human rights expert Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky.
In an article published on the website of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bohslavsky, whose area of expertise is foreign debt and human rights, argues that "The realisation of economic, social and cultural rights in Mozambique should not be jeopardised by the servicing of the country's debt and in particular its 'secret loan' component".
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