$3,000 per night for a hotel room in Maputo?

This is a hotel with a mysterious past. It has been two years since the richest man in Maputo, Syed Manzar Abbas, the Pakistan born owner of the gleaming 12-storey steel and glass luxury hotel in Mozambique’s capital, was initially targeted by a bomb attack and later barely survived a mafia-style shooting which left him wheelchair bound.

Rumor has it that there was drugs money linked with the hotel and someone needed to settle a score …

So the richest man in Maputo turned to one of the richest men in Saudi Arabia – the Chairman of Aujan Industries – makers of Rani juices, Vimto and Barbican - and sold his hotel to Rani Resorts.

And now the hotel’s new owners are about to launch the five star Radisson Blu Hotel, Maputo. Slated to open in early 2013, the hotel expects to attract foreign businessmen who are flocking to Mozambique attracted by its rich coal and natural gas resources. Watch out for stray bullets while you tuck into the caviar!