15, December 2016

Daughter of former Mozambican president Armando Guebuza murdered in Maputo 0

Valentina Guebuza, daughter of the former Mozambican president Armando Guebuza has been murdered in Maputo.

Aged 36, Valentina Guebuza was considered the seventh most powerful woman in Africa by Forbes magazine. She succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital after receiving several bullets.

According to local media, her husband, Zofino Muiuane, a businessman working for British American Tobacco is presently in police drag net but has not been formally charged.

The daughter of the former President of Mozambique Armando Guebeza managed the family holding company Focus 21 Management, which has stakes in telecoms, fishing, transport, mining and land.

By Chi Prudence Asong