Mozambique’s $2bn corrupt debt: what if there was no trial?

The long-awaited trial into Mozambique’s ‘hidden’ debt, which has been in preparation for over four years at the High Court in London, may not go ahead.

That, at any rate, is the purpose of a motion filed by the parties accused by the administration of President Filipe Nyusi.

With just three months to go before the scheduled start of the 12-week trial, merchant banks Credit Suisse and VTB Capital, as well as the shipyard company Privinvest and its owner, the…