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 »

Mozambique: Expanding War Displaced 72,000 in Cabo Delgado in Just 3 Weeks, Plus 40,000 in a New Move into Nampula

There has been a major escalation of the Cabo Delgado insurgency in the past month, with insurgent activity in 12 Cabo Delgado districts and a major push south into Memba in… Read more »

Mozambique: Gas Companies Demand a Foreign-Controlled Fortress

A meeting in Maputo Thursday 10 July between TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne and President Daniel Chapo did not lead to agreement on restarting the giant gas project in Cabo… Read more »

Mozambique: Jose Pacheco Named SISE Head, With Brief to Deal With Cabo Delgado

Jose Pacheco was named head of intelligence services on 17 June and was specifically told by President Daniel Chapo to deal with the Cabo Delgado insurgency. (O Pais 18 June) He is… Read more »

Mozambique: Can Mozambique Avoid a 'Jacaranda Revolution'?

The editor of this newsletter, Joseph Hanlon, is the keynote speaker at the OMR conference tomorrow (7 October) at 08.30 in Indy Village, Maputo. This is a summary of what I expect… Read more »

Mozambique: First CNE Head Says STAE, CNE and CC 'Manipulate' Election Results and 'Decide Who Wins'

"Those who organise elections, including the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE), the National Electoral Commission (CNE) and the Constitutional Council (CC),… Read more »

Mozambique: Saying the Unsayable Abroad Chapo Calls for Negotiations and for Growth to Benefit All

There is a long tradition of senior Mozambicans saying things abroad that they would not say in Mozambique or in front of the Frelimo elite. These are reported in Mozambique, and… Read more »

Mozambique: Mining Banned in Manica in Chapo's First Attack on Oligarchs

All mining in Manica province was banned on Tuesday 30 September by the Mozambique Council of Ministers, which ordered the army to enforce the ban. The action was taken to stop… Read more »

Mozambique: New Book Launched This Week

The book by Joseph Hanlon is in Portuguese only, and will be available at the OMR (Observatório do Meio Rural) annual conference tomorrow (7 October) where author Joseph… Read more »