Mozambique: Firm Abandons Construction Site in Cabo Delgado

Total on Friday abandoned its installations on Afungi peninsula. All Total staff have been withdrawn, unlike the closure on 1 January when a skeleton staff was left behind. This… Read more »

Mozambique: Islamic State Falsely Claims Cabo Delgado Attack

Islamic State (IS) claimed credit for the attack on Palma, but the claim is clearly fake and, indeed, it seems likely that IS was never in contact with the insurgents about Palma. Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Lost Its Gas Gamble

Frelimo bet the country on gas - and has just lost the bet. Read more »

Mozambique: Total Pulls Out Again and Puts Onus on Government

"The remobilization of the project that was envisaged at the beginning of the week is obviously now suspended," Total said In a statement Saturday (27 Mar) "Total has decided to… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgents Kill Many Civilians in Town Near Gas Project

For the first time, insurgents are specifically attacking foreigners in the on-going fighting in Palma.  Details remain sketchy, but at least a dozen British, South African… Read more »

Mozambique: U.S. 'Green Berets' Training Mozambican Marines

US Special Forces soldiers began training Mozambican marines this week, Colonel Richard Schmidt, the Deputy Commander of US Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA), … Read more »

Mozambique: U.S. Names ISIS-Mozambique and its 'Leader' as Global 'Terrorists'

The US on 10 March designated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - Mozambique (ISIS-Mozambique) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and the man it says is head of… Read more »

Mozambique: Pope Backs Nyusi Again, and Withdraws Critical Pemba Bishop

Following a long campaign against him by President Filipe Nyusi and his praise singers, the Pope on 11 February withdrew the outspoken Catholic Bishop of Pemba, Luis Fernando… Read more »

Mozambique: Govt Cracks Down to Curb Reporting On Cabo Delgado War

Zitamar editor Tom Bowker, partner and journalist Leigh Elston, and their two children left Mozambique today, expelled by the Minister of Interior, Amade Miquidade. They are not… Read more »

Mozambique: Govt to Pay Corrupt Brazil Debt in Exchange for Security Council Seat Support

Mozambique has agreed to repay $224 mn in corrupt loans from Brazil, apparently in exchange for Brazilian support for Mozambique to be elected in 2022 to one of the non-permanent… Read more »

Mozambique: Isolated Palma Faces Food Crisis

With no safe overland access, Palma is again facing a food crisis. There were two relief convoys of supply lorries from Mueda to Palma in January, but these have not been repeated.… Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Must Provide 25 km Security Cordon Before Total Restarts at Aungi

Mozambique must secure an area of at least 25 km from the gas project on the Afungi peninsula, Read more »

Mozambique: Are Ruby Mine Resettled Families Getting Luxury $95,000 Houses?

Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) has now delivered 105 houses for families in the resettlement village of Namanhumbir, built by the mining company, to re-house Nthoro communities… Read more »

Mozambique: Cabo Delgado War Forces Drug Smugglers South

A seizure of drugs on a beach in Nacala Porto district shows that the Cabo Delgado war has pushed the trade south to the coast of Nampula. Read more »

Mozambique: Journalist Tom Bowker to be Expelled

Tom Bowker, journalist and editor of the respected Zitamar newsletter, has been ordered to leave the country by Saturday. The expulsion is entirely unofficial - there is… Read more »

Mozambique: Brazil's Vale Takes First Step to Divest Coal Assets

Vale is pulling out of Tete as part of its climate emergency commitment to end coal production. Several announcements last week set out a complex planned withdrawal. Read more »

Mozambique: Cyclone Eloise Brings Flooding

Cyclone Eloise hit Beira and Buzi Saturday morning (23 Jan) with 120 km/h winds. The cyclone passed south-west and is now a tropical storm in South Africa. Six people have been… Read more »

Mozambique: Total Stops Work At Afungi

"Total has suspended all construction work at its LNG project on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado, following a spate of violent incidents close to the LNG site," reports… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgents Attack in Total's Concession Area

Insurgents reached the gates of the Afungi LNG project on Friday 1 January. After a series of ever closer attacks, Total evacuated most of its staff from Afungi and Palma last… Read more »

Mozambique: Cyclone Chalane Raced Through, Doing Limited Harm

Cyclone Chalane passed across Mozambique in just one day, 30 December, making landfall in Muanza, north of Beira, passing over Chimoio, and on to Zimbabwe. The storm killed seven… Read more »

Mozambique: Cyclone Chalane to Hit Beira

Cyclone Chalane is moving west across the Mozambique Channel and is expected to reach Beira tomorrow morning (Wednesday 30 Dec) with winds up to 100 km/h, as the cyclone picks up… Read more »

Mozambique: Nyusi Accuses Media of Spreading Fake News About Cabo Delgado Insurgency

Mozambican media (un-named) are spreading disinformation about the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, President Filipe Nyusi told the opening session of a meeting of the… Read more »

Mozambique: Refugees Kill Leader 'For Bringing Cholera'

Thousands of refugees last week abandoned the camp in Nangua, Metuge (near Pemba), Cabo Delgado, fleeing cholera which had killed at least five people. They said they preferred to… Read more »

Southern Africa: Mozambique Presented 'Just A Shopping List' To Sadc

SADC leaders were presented "with a 'shopping list' of military equipment which Mozambique wanted to fight the insurgency, rather than the coherent plan they were expecting," at an… Read more »

Mozambique: Low Standard Of Governance In Mozambique - European Parliament

"The standard of governance in Mozambique is low," warned Tomas Tobe, chair of the European Parliament Development Committee, at a meeting this afternoon (3 Dec) of the European… Read more »