Vol 62 No 18 | MOZAMBIQUETANZANIA Samia the securocrat 1st September 2021 The new president supports her security establishment’s policies on the Mozambican insurgency as well as harsh repression of the civil opposition Although it is the neighbouring country most affected by the Islamist insurgency in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado, Tanzania's response to the conflict is the most ...
Vol 62 No 17 | MOZAMBIQUE Taking the stand 26th August 2021 The long–awaited trial of 19 defendants on charges including abuse of public office, embezzlement and money laundering related to the US$2 billion hidden loans scandal has fi...
Vol 62 No 15 | MOZAMBIQUERWANDA Nyusi annoys the neighbours 22nd July 2021 While 1,000 Rwandan police and troops, widely admired for their military qualities, have arrived on the Afungi peninsula to defend the liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure ag...
Vol 62 No 11 | MOZAMBIQUE Nyusi angers the region 27th May 2021 Maputo's resistance to a Southern African force to quell the insurgents is poisoning relations with its former allies Two months after Islamist militants mounted their spectacular invasion of the town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province, President Filipe Nyusi still does not know where to turn. The ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 10 | MOZAMBIQUE Total wants new terms 13th May 2021 French oil giant Total has been forced to follow through on its recent declaration of force majeure, and begin demobilising millions of dollars' worth of equipment from its gas pro...
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 9 | MOZAMBIQUE Regional grouping postpones security summit 'indefinitely' as differences sharpen over Cabo Delgado conflict 30th April 2021 Officials distance themselves from a leaked strategy paper calling for a 3,000 strong intervention force to defeat Islamist insurgents Pushing back against a growing determination among regional states to take concerted action to quell the insurgency in northern Mozambique, President Fillipe Nyusi has managed to e... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 9 | MOZAMBIQUE Nyusi's breaking point 29th April 2021 President Filipe Nyusi is under heavy pressure to finally accept foreign military intervention to quash the escalating insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Vol 62 No 7 | MOZAMBIQUE Insurgents turn up the heat 1st April 2021 A well-planned attack on Palma in Cabo Delgado cost dozens of lives, raising questions about the future of the $20 billion gas project nearby Although government forces claimed definitive victory on 27 March over the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jammah (ASWJ) fighters who had seized control of Palma, on the northern tip of Cabo Delgad... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 62 No 7 | MOZAMBIQUE Regional leaders to meet in Maputo offering military help on Cabo Delgado insurgency 6th April 2021 President Nyusi will chair the emergency summit on 8 April having tried to minimise the crisis Three years after the start of the insurgency in Cabo Delgado which has so far claimed 2,500 lives and displaced over 700,000 President Filipe Nyusi has at last allowed the crisis ... READ FOR FREE
Vol 62 No 6 | MOZAMBIQUE High courts and hidden loans 18th March 2021 Mozambique's prospects for victory in its law suits over US$2 billion in hidden loans are dimming, according to legal sources. Maputo has been suing Lebanese businessman Iskandar S...
