Mozambique: Wages and Debt Service Will Take 96% of Government Revenue Next Year

The fiscal crisis in Mozambique was underlined by a report published on 18 September by the Ministry of Finance. In 2027, after paying wages and debt service, only 4% of taxes and… Read more »

Mozambique: Can Frelimo Keep Control for the Next Decade?

Gas could make Mozambique relatively wealthy, but not for another decade. Only one small floating platform is producing now, but that allowed an analysis of the contracts. Income… Read more »

Mozambique: Can the IMF Be a Lifeboat for Mozambique?

Aid to Mozambique has largely stopped and it cannot borrow. Last week Moody’s Ratings pushed Mozambique near to the bottom – Caa3 – ‘poor quality and very… Read more »

Mozambique: More Details of Mozambique Public Debt

Mozambique’s total government debt is rising, from $17.2 bn in the first quarter to $17.4 in the second quarter. But Mozambique can only borrow small amounts internationally,… Read more »

Mozambique: Opposition Leader Venâncio Mondlane to be Tried for Treason

Venâncio Mondlane has been charged with treason for his role in the demonstrations November 2024-March 2025 protesting the fraudulent elections of 9 October 2024. More than… Read more »

Mozambique: Destruction of Cashew Industry 30 Years Ago Back in the News

The cashew industry was abruptly shut down by the World Bank in 1996, putting 10,000 women out of work and ending an important export. Suddenly that grim tale is back in the news.… Read more »

Mozambique: IMF in town

An IMF teams arrives in Maputo today (9 Sep) to begin technical negotiations lasting until 18 September for a potential new programme and loan under the Extended Credit Facility… Read more »

Mozambique: Nudges Toward Dialogue in Cabo Delgado

Two public pushes for peace talks this month, changes in Frelimo and the insurgents, and a more public recognition that the Cabo Delgado war will continue indefinitely may be… Read more »

Mozambique: International Investigation Says Journalists Killed to Silence Press

"Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique since the 2024 general elections. While authorities have largely failed to investigate the… Read more »

Mozambique: Bishop Shot Dead

The Catholic bishop of Quelimane, Osório Citora Afonso, was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday 6 June at the Episcopal Palace in the Zambézia provincial capital. He was… Read more »

Mozambique: Farmers Have Been Abandoned, New Government Survey Shows

The main income for 75% of Mozambicans families comes from farming but two thirds of them (3 million families) farm less than 1 hectare and most do not grow enough to feed their… Read more »

Mozambique: Two Anamola Leaders Gunned Down and Another Attacked in Three Weeks

Attacks of members of Venancio Mondlane's party Anamola (National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique) continue: Read more »

Mozambique: IMF to visit Mozambique in June, in Rapid Policy Change

An IMF team will visit Mozambique in June to discuss a new loan, in a sudden reversal of its position announced on 23 April. A year ago in April 2025 Mozambique and the IMF… Read more »

Mozambique: Gas Bonanza is a Myth, Detailed CIP Study Shows

Gas will generate billions of dollars in state revenue, but much less than predicted and not for a decade. Other investments in agriculture and mineral processing would generate… Read more »

Mozambique: More Detailed Explanation of Gas Revenue Calculation

Rui Mate analysed only Coral Sul because it is the only Cabo Delgado gas project in operation and thus the only one with published data to check his projections for the first three… Read more »

Mozambique: Kaya Kwanga Head Dies in Jail After Arrest for Drug Trading, Money Laundering

The Italian head of the Kaya Kwanga tourist and residential complex on the Marginal (coast road) in Maputo, Umberto Sartori, died Friday (15 May) in the top security prison (known… Read more »

Mozambique: Mobs Lynch Dozens After Accusations of Witchcraft

At least 60 people have been killed in the past month, accused of using sorcery to shrink or steal penises. It is believed that a look, or a touch, or a handshake is enough to do… Read more »

Mozambique: Small Increase in Minimum Wage, But No Hikes for Health, Govt Workers

Small increases in minimum wages for the private sector were approved Tuesday (28 April) by the Council of Ministers, after negotiations between government, employers and the trade… Read more »

Mozambique: World Bank Warns of Social & 'Economic Instability' Which Could Cven Threaten The Gas Projects

The Mozambican economy is a house of cards which will collapse, and probably sooner rather than later, shows the World Bank, in an unusually harsh report published 19 March. "The… Read more »

Mozambique: IMF Navigates Economic Policy Strains With Govt

IMF thinks the money pot is empty and collapse is nigh, but Frelimo is 'cautiously optimistic' Read more »

Mozambique: IMF Dashes Chapo's Hopes and Sets the Course for Hard Times

Chapo's hopes for IMF approval were dashed today (17 February) by the IMF Executive Board, with no discussion of a new loan or programme. President Daniel Chapo has publicly put… Read more »

Mozambique: Huge Flood Hits Mozambique

A flood as bad as the one in 2000 is hitting southern and central Mozambique and is worsening. More rain is expected today and tomorrow, and more flood waters will come in rivers… Read more »

Mozambique: Former Prime Minister Luisa Diogo dies

Luisa Diogo died in Lisbon Friday 16 January after an illness. Born in 1958 in Tete she joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980 while still a student. She became Deputy Minister of… Read more »

Mozambique: TotalEnergies Demands Billions of Dollars More Profit to Turn On the Gas - But Will Negotiate

TotalEnergies says it will only end force majuere and restart the gas project if the government pays the $4.5bn cost of the closure, takes on more of the risks, and allows… Read more »

Mozambique: Will Promises Be Kept This Time?

The new government of President Daniel Chapo repeated the promises of past governments. The press and public have become cynical and ask why this time will be any different. Read more »