MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique President Daniel Chapo on Friday appointed Carla Louveira as finance minister and Estevão Pale as mineral resources and energy minister.

A federal court in New York has sentenced Mozambique’s former finance minister to another two-and-a-half years behind bars for his role in the “tuna bond” corruption scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the African nation.

Manuel Chang will spend eight and a half years in prison for taking about $7 million in bribes and kickbacks in a loan scandal that sent the country’s economy into a crisis.

A former Mozambique finance minister was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison by a US judge for his role in a $2 billion bond fraud that ensnared Credit Suisse Group AG and triggered a financial crisis for the African nation.

Mozambique’s former finance minister is set to be sentenced Friday in a New York court on wire fraud and money laundering charges stemming from the infamous “ tuna bond ” scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the impoverished African nation.

A U.S. federal judge said Manuel Chang betrayed his country in one of the biggest debt-corruption scandals in Africa.

Following months of protests against his disputed election victory, Daniel Chapo of Mozambique's Frelimo party has been sworn in as president at a sparsely attended ceremony.

Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced to more than eight years in prison on Friday in connection with a graft scandal that sparked an economic crisis in his home country.

Hundreds of supporters of Mozambique’s opposition protested as the country inaugurated a new president following disputed elections and deadly unrest