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 ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) - Mozambique's former president was honored Monday by Africa's elite with a prize of more than $5 million designed to promote good governance in a continent often blighted by misrule.
Joaquim Chissano, who ruled Mozambique for 18 years and lead the country out of a devastating civil war, received the first Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
The award surpasses the Nobel prizes in the amount of individual prize money, but it has been criticized as unlikely to dissuade African rulers from corruption and repression.
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