The shell of a disused beachfront hotel that has been a landmark of the Mozambican capital for more than 30 years has gone - it was demolished on Saturday to make for a new United States embassy.

The multistorey Four Seasons Hotel would have been the largest in the southern African country, but its construction was abandoned in 1974 after a coup in former colonial ruler Portugal led to Mozambique's independence the following year.

CDI prefromed the work.

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