Mozambique

President Armando Guebuza sacked Attorney General Joaquim Madeira on August 29 - a move political observers said was probably tied to Madeira's failure to tackle corruption satisfactorily. Renowned anti-corruption fighter Augusto Paulino took over the position. Paulino, the head judge of the Judicial Court in Maputo, first gained widespread public attention in 2003 when he presided over the trial of six men accused of the 2000 murder to investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso. International observers hailed Paulino's handling of the proceedings as a triumph of transparency. The expected crackdown on corruption bodes well for

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