Mozambique: Insurgents Infiltrate New Areas

Insurgents are attacking farther south than ever before, with attacks just 45 km from Pemba, and the first attacks in Nampula province. The main N1 road and mining projects were… Read more »

Mozambique: Under Pressure, Insurgents Disperse, Create New Forest Base

As predicted, insurgents under pressure from solders from Rwandan and the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) are moving to ignored and less protected areas. Read more »

Mozambique: Land Grab and Press Crackdown Point to Dubious Beliefs About War

A land grab in Palma by the Council of Ministers, a press crackdown in the new anti-terrorism law, and the continued discouragement of a return of displaced people - all in the… Read more »

Mozambique: 3,000 Homes Destroyed as Tropical Cyclone Gombe Hits Coast

Cyclone Gombe hit Nampula province Friday morning (11 March), with winds of 120 to 160 km/h and rain of 200 mm. The cyclone made landfall in Mongicual district, between Ihla de… Read more »

Mozambique: Police Kill Two Demonstrators

Police shot and killed two demonstrators and seriously injured a third in Corromana, Molumbo district, Zambezia, Tuesday 8 March, reported Zambezia Police Commander Aquilasse… Read more »

Mozambique: Prime Minister Sacked and Others Promoted

Carlos Agostinho do Rosario was dismissed as Prime Minister and Adriano Maleiane was promoted from Minister of Economy and Finance to Prime Minister in a 2-3 March reshuffle. Both… Read more »

Mozambique: Nyusi tells AR: Cabo Delgado War is About Greed of Insurgents - with No Mention of Greed of Frelimo

"For us there is no rational narrative behind terrorist actions. What we are facing is pure banditry driven by others' greed against a nation that is about to make the qualitative… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgency Spreads to Niassa

As predicted, and following Frelimo's model after the Portuguese 1970 Operation Gordian Knot  (see this newsletter last week https://bit.ly/Moz-580), the guerrillas are moving… Read more »

Mozambique: Health Services Denied to Displaced Women as Tensions Rise With Host Communities

Relations between host and displaced communities are negative and seem to be deteriorating,  both groups told a survey by UNHCR's Cabo Delgado Protection Cluster, published 18… Read more »

Mozambique: Omicron Cuts Travel North, as Mozambique Tightens Checks on South Africa Border

The new Covid Omicron variant has already led to sharp travel restrictions between  Mozambique and most countries of the north. First discovered two weeks ago in… Read more »

Mozambique: IMF Continues to Back Gas, Despite the Resource Curse

Attempts to limit gas in Mozambique are "not sensible", IMF representative in Mozambique, Alexis  Meyer-Cirkel, said in an open briefing 23 November. "I think that this… Read more »

Mozambique: Gas: Decision Now, or Wait For Real Peace?

The ever optimistic Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Max Tonela, said that there could  be an imminent decision to restart work on gas. "The outlook is that before… Read more »

Mozambique: Reconstruction Plan for Cabo Delgado Gives Control to Maputo and Creates Slush Fund

The Reconstruction Plans For Cabo Delgado approved by the Council of Ministers on 21 September consolidate power in Maputo, leaving little say for people in Cabo Delgado, concludes… Read more »

Mozambique: Rwandans Will Create Total's Security Zone

Government has confirmed expectations that the Rwandan army will create the security zone for the TotalEnergies gas project. A map shown at the 9 August ceremony of the launch of… Read more »

Mozambique: Foreign Troops Arrive in Force to Fight Cabo Delgado Insurgency

Rwandan and Mozambican forces have surrounded Mocimboa da Praia, which has been held by insurgents for the past year. This is the largest town in the war zone, with the only port… Read more »

Mozambique: Compromising for Peace the American Way

Ending the Cabo Delgado war requires elite pacts between the oligarchs and big beasts in Cabo Delgado and a similar pact in the military. This implicitly recognises that that big… Read more »

Southern Africa: South Africa Says Send Troops; Tanzania Says No Troops, Instead Negotiate, Develop

South Africa is pressing for urgent military intervention in Cabo Delgado, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told Reuters (21 May) in a telephone interview. Since 2008… Read more »

Mozambique: International Energy Agency Says No Future for Mozambique Gas

Mozambique's gas fields cannot be developed if global warming is to be kept to 1.5º above pre-industrial levels, according to a dramatic International Energy Agency (IEA)… Read more »

Mozambique: Govt Still Blocking Aid to Palma

There is still no aid reaching up to 20,000 people not being allowed to leave Quitunda near Palma. Finally Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has spoken out. "Significant… Read more »

Mozambique: Total Will Return Only With Peace and Tranquillity

"As soon as Cabo Delgado has peace again, Total will return,” the president of the French oil and gas company, Patrick Pouyanee, promised Monday (17 May). President Filipe… Read more »

Mozambique: Global 2º Compared to 1.5º for Mozambique - Hotter, Drier, Worse Cyclones; South Hit Hardest

IEA cites extensively a report by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which is so detailed that it is possible to estimate the difference between global warming… Read more »

Mozambique: Sudden Changes in Exchange Rate Raise Questions

The metical increased in value by 13% in a week, from $1 = MT 65.5 on 6 April to $1 = MT 56.8 on 14 April. Then it was kept at precisely that level for two weeks, It has now… Read more »

Mozambique: Press Freedom Under Pressure

Although the rhetoric remains press freedom, the government is putting increasing pressure on Mozambican media and journalists and restricting foreign press. Read more »

Mozambique: New Pemba Bishop Says Nyusi Should Pay More Attention to Cabo Delgado

"If I were president, my concerns would be different. Cabo Delgado would be high on the agenda. I would be talking about this every day. I would delegate other functions. To… Read more »

Mozambique: Experts Say Illicit Trade Has Shifted Out of War Zone

Contrary to predictions and claims, "trafficking networks have shifted to new and safer routes … outside the insurgent-controlled area, which is highly militarized."… Read more »