Mozambique: Guebuza To Be Interrogated Over Secret Debt

The Attorney General (PRG, Procuradoria Geral de Republica) will interrogate former president Armando Guebuza over the $2.2 bn secret debt, contracted during his administration.… Read more »

Mozambique: Is Eric Prince Coming In On UAE'S Coat Tails?

Despite some ups and downs, Erik Prince is said to be still close to UAE ruler Mohammed bin Zayed, a graduate of Britain's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. The Intercept in 2019… Read more »

Mozambique: What Is The Role Of The UAE In Mozambique?

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become a major, if extremely obscure, player in Mozambique, and little is known about its role in Cabo Delgado. It has also been in the news… Read more »

Mozambique: Police Claim Control Of Empty Mocimboa, From A Distance

"We are not physically in the port and town of Mocimboa da Praia [but they] are not in the hands of the terrorists because we exercise an increased control," said Police Commander… Read more »

Mozambique: Renamo Junta Small War Continues

The Renamo dissident group led by Mariano Nhongo continues to wage a small and largely unchallenged war along the main north-south EN1 road running along the border between Manica… Read more »

Southern Africa: Mozambique Asks EU for Military Help

Mozambique has asked the EU for "support in the area of specialist training for the fight against terrorism and insurgency." This support could take the form of training, logistics… Read more »

Mozambique: Covid-19 Growth Continues, Mainly In Maputo

Covid-19 deaths have reached 54 and the total cases 7,757, the Ministry of Health reported today. (27 Sep) Increase in deaths remains exponential, doubling every month. But the… Read more »

Southern Africa: How Might Military And Economic Intervention Shape Mozambique War?

Pressure is growing to attempt a military solution to the Cabo Delgado insurgency. Initially this would ensure that liquefied natural gas (LNG) production can be started as planned… Read more »

Mozambique: Media Crackdown Continues

Canal de Mocambique was firebombed on Sunday 23 August. Attackers broke through two security doors, stole computers, then sprayed petrol around the office and set fire to it. Canal… Read more »

Mozambique: Covid-19 Jumps, But The Real Emergency Is Malaria and HIV

Mozambique's Covid-19 new case rate has tripled in less than three weeks. The case rate has jumped from 26 per day on 26 July to 79 on 15 August (7 day moving average). Total cases… Read more »

Mozambique: Secret Debt Case To Go Ahead In London

The London High Court has allowed Mozambique's $2 bn secret debt case against Credit Suisse and Privinvest to go ahead. Read more »

Mozambique: Police Impose Curfew On Mueda Town

A curfew from 18h30 to 06h00 has been imposed by the police of Mueda town. No one can be on the street, and there can be no commercial or bank transactions during the period, the… Read more »

Mozambique: President Nyusi And His Praise Singers Attack Pemba Bishop For Defending Rights

President Filipe Nyusi used a speech in Pemba on Friday  (14 Aug) to “lament those Mozambicans who, well protected, take the suffering of those who protect them lightly… Read more »

Mozambique: President & Praise Singers Attack Bishop for Defending Rights

President Filipe Nyusi used a speech in Pemba on Friday  (14 Aug) to “lament those Mozambicans who, well protected, take the suffering of those who protect them lightly… Read more »

Mozambique: Mocimboa da Praia Town and Port Captured by Insurgents

After several weeks of preparation and heavy fighting, insurgents Tuesday (11 Aug) re-captured not just the town of Mocimboa da Praia, but also the port. A key link to the Palma… Read more »

Southern Africa: Mozambique Insurgency - Pressure Grows in South Africa for Intervention

South African General Xolani Mankayi has ordered the soldiers of his 43 Brigade, who form the rapid intervention unit of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), to begin… Read more »

Mozambique: Covid-19: Emergency Measures End As Cases Jump

The state of emergency, decreed on 1 April, expired at midnight on Wednesday 29 July. The constitution limits a state of emergency to a maximum of 120 days, and so Nyusi could not… Read more »

Mozambique: Semi-Official Think-Tank Says Govt Must Use Mercenaries

"Mozambique needs to recognise that it is facing a well-led group, that is adapting easily to the conditions imposed on it, and that it is taking advantage of the gaps and… Read more »

Mozambique: U.S., France Look to Move Into Cabo Delgado

Both the United States and France are trying to become involved in patrolling the coast of Cabo Delgado. The US is explicitly linking anti-drug and anti-insurgency activity. Read more »

Mozambique: Mercenaries to the Fore as Dyck Contract Extended

Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) mercenaries have had their three-month contract extended and expanded. They started as a shoe-string operation with just 30 men entirely operating from… Read more »

Mozambique: Are The Drums Of War Silencing Any Hope Of Peace?

The failure to resolve the growing Cabo Delgado civil war is now attracting a wide range of actors hoping to profit. And many come with neo-colonial, racist and anti-Islam agendas,… Read more »

Mozambique: Will Giving Back Land Undo the Harm Done By 'Ethical Investment'?

"Ethical investment" was the fashionable word 15 years ago and there was a belief that growing trees in Africa would be both developmental and profitable. Since then Mozambicans… Read more »

Mozambique: Intensifying Argument Over Roots Of War - And Response

As the civil war in Cabo Delgado intensifies, so does the argument about the roots of the war and the appropriate response. The US State Department, the Tony Blair Institute, much… Read more »

Mozambique: Mocimboa da Praia Occupied Again

Insurgents again occupied Mocimboa da Praia yesterday (Saturday 27 June) morning. There was heavy fighting and the town was still partially occupied this morning (Sunday).… Read more »

Africa: Tony Blair Institute Calls For Foreign Military Intervention In Mozambique

As well as technical support and training for the Mozambican police and military, "the international community should consider other forms of direct military assistance to Cabo… Read more »