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| Mozambique ex-leader wins prize | Mozambique ex-leader wins prize |
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| Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano has won the first Mo Ibrahim prize rewarding a retired African head of state for excellence in leadership. | Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano has won the first Mo Ibrahim prize rewarding a retired African head of state for excellence in leadership. |
| Mr Chissano, who is credited with bringing peace to Mozambique, had been seen as a frontrunner for the prize. | Mr Chissano, who is credited with bringing peace to Mozambique, had been seen as a frontrunner for the prize. |
| The prize, announced by former UN head Kofi Annan, is worth $5m (£2.5m) over 10 years, and then $200,000 a year. | The prize, announced by former UN head Kofi Annan, is worth $5m (£2.5m) over 10 years, and then $200,000 a year. |
| Mobile phone millionaire Mo Ibrahim is funding the project in the hope it will help improve governments' performance. | Mobile phone millionaire Mo Ibrahim is funding the project in the hope it will help improve governments' performance. |
| The Sudanese businessman also hopes it will increase Africa's self dependence and bring a day when the continent's people no longer need to live on aid. | |
| Mr Chissano brought Mozambique from a murderous civil war to peace and progress during his 19 years in office. | Mr Chissano brought Mozambique from a murderous civil war to peace and progress during his 19 years in office. |
| Mr Annan chaired the panel that selected the first winner of the prize. | Mr Annan chaired the panel that selected the first winner of the prize. |
| The panel also included the former Irish President, Mary Robinson, Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and head of the Organisation of African Unity, Salim Ahmed Sali. | |
| They assessed the relative merits of 13 African former heads of state, all of whom left power in the past three years. | |
| Among these at least six took power by staging coups, which presumably ruled them out as contenders, a BBC correspondent says. |