Businessman Takes Oath as President
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Businessman Armando Guebuza was sworn in as Mozambique’s president in Maputo’s Independence Square, taking over from Joaquim Chissano, who retired after 18 years.
The 61-year-old millionaire is the African nation’s third president since independence from Portugal in 1975.
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