Has Endemic Govt Corruption Fuelled Conflict In Mozambique?
Critics say donor countries and international organizations are propping up a corrupt government that's leaving millions of Mozambicans mired in poverty. The government is accused of failing to build an effective administration in Cabo Delgado, and thus failing to respect, protect and fulfil the rights of its citizens to, among others, health, education, food, water and sanitation. Meanwhile, despite the high expectations Mozambicans have had of SADC, the bloc has been slow to come up with a practical response for the attacks that have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced over 210,000 others, according to the UN.
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Mozambique:
Islamist Insurgency in Northern Mozambique Threatens Gasfields
Daily Maverick, 30 August 2020
It is a sobering thought for Mozambique and Southern Africa as a whole that, at time of writing, a growing insurgent army with links to Islamic State remains in control of Mocimboa… Read more »
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Mozambique:
ISIS Is Not Driving the Cabo Delgado War
New Frame, 24 August 2020
Can Frelimo and its backers continue to profit from a failing state while an armed insurgency rages in northern Mozambique? And will South Africa help prop them up? Read more »
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Mozambique:
Government Signs Security Agreement With Total
AIM, 24 August 2020
The French oil and gas company Total, the operator of the Mozambique-LNG project in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, has reached an agreement with the Mozambican government… Read more »
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Southern Africa:
Office of Independent Newspaper Bombed in Mozambique
MISA, 24 August 2020
On the night of 23 August 2020, the offices of Canal De Mozambique (CanalMoz) suffered a suspected arson attack with reports indicating that computers and other key equipment were… Read more »
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Mozambique:
Offices of Weekly Paper Set Ablaze
AIM, 24 August 2020
Unknown assailants on Sunday night set fire to the Maputo offices of the independent weekly paper "Canal de Mocambique" and the online daily "Canalmoz". Read more »
InFocus
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Southern African heads of state and government have issued a post-summit communique committing themselves to supporting Mozambique in addressing "terrorism and violent attacks" but ... Read more »
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Security in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgo has deterioriated following insurgents attacks on the strategic port of Mocimboa da Praia.The port and town have faced fierce ... Read more »
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South African General Xolani Mankayi has reportedly ordered the soldiers of his 43 Brigade, who form the rapid intervention unit of the South African National Defence Force ... Read more »
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The insurgency in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado is reportedly becoming increasingly well-coordinated and militant, escalating to levels never predicted by President Filipe ... Read more »
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