Floods could ruin the promise and hope that was Mozambique

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 19, 2000| Author: CECIL JOHNSON | Copyright information

AFRICA: Tortured continent

Floods could ruin the promise and hope that was Mozambique

By CECIL JOHNSON

Sunday, March 19, 2000

A month ago, a studio audience probably could not have helped a quiz show contestant win any part of a million dollars if the following question had been asked:

"What is the capital of the African country that President Clinton recently described as having the world's fastest growing economy? Is it a) Lagos, b) Kinshasa, c) Maputo, or ...

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