In November 2018, during the inauguration of the Maputo-Catembe bridge and connecting roads, President Filipe Nyusi said the bridge was a vision of the late Samora Machel – Mozambique’s first president after independence in 1975.
Nyusi’s mention of Samora Machel puts Mozambique’s historic relationship with China in perspective. During the armed struggle in the 60s, China supported the liberation movement (led by the same
