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, Iskandar Safa, the Franco-Lebanese entrepreneur at the centre of the US$2 billion 'hidden loans' scandal that impoverished Mozambique and drew top state officials and Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) leaders into a web of corruption, died at home in France on 29 January, aged 68.
Controversial billionaire shipbuilder who helped to free French hostages in Lebanon and was later mired in a corruption case
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday asked a London court to uphold his immunity, while a shipbuilding company at the centre of Mozambique's litigation over the decade-long "tuna bond" scandal tried to drag him into an ongoing high court case. Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest is embroiled in a $3.1-billion lawsuit from Mozambique, which accuses it of paying bribes to officials and Credit Suisse bankers. London's High Court has yet to rule on the case following a trial last year.
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Wednesday asked a London court to uphold his immunity, while a shipbuilding company at the centre of Mozambique's litigation over the decade-long tuna bond scandal...