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The article analyses the Guebuza Governance in Mozambique. It uses press analysis and rent-seeking theory. With charisma, leadership, nationalist discourse and the rescue of values, Guebuza promised to fight poverty, bureaucratism, corruption and a spirit of letting go. It was praised by the IMF/WB and donors for its economic austerity. Reversal of the Cahora-Bassa Hydroelectric Power Plant and border disputes with Malawi characterized the foreign policy. The frelimization of the State, social inequality, extractive economy, dependence and external alignment were accentuated. Family businesses and the interests of the political elite mixed with economic decisions, creating Mozambican rent-seeking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article analyzes the background of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the largest and most relevant institution in Africa. It emerges in 1963 from the historical trajectory of the continent marked by exploitation, slavery, colonization, armed struggles, pan-Africanism and nationalism; processes that culminated in decolonization, self-determination of peoples and independence. The OAU results from the friction of two groups of countries, Monrovia and Casablanca, which fought for the same objective: the end of colonization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article addresses the Southern African Development Community (SADC): its emergence, historical and political context and regional integration, based on literature review and documentary research. After World War II, Africa saw nationalist movements for decolonization, development and unity between countries. SADC arose from tensions between colonial rule and South African conflicts. Countries united in a bloc to reduce South Africa's economic dependency and to isolate apartheid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]