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	Mozambique
Population:	34.85m
GDP:	$22.49bn
Debt:	96.9% of GDP (2024)

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Vol 67 No 18 |

MOZAMBIQUE

Chapo’s central bank retreat revives the hidden debt ghost

7th September 2026

The president’s swift reversal of Waldemar de Sousa’s appointment shows the legacy of Frelimo’s financing scandals and suggests that the IMF is watching closely

The U-turn by President Daniel Chapo in dismissing central bank governor Waldemar de Sousa a day after appointing him, follows the disclosure of details of an investigation into...

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Vol 67 No 15 |

MOZAMBIQUE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

IMF talks put debt reform back at centre of Chapo’s plan

20th July 2026

The Fund’s return to Maputo offers the government a chance to rebuild external credibility, but negotiations will test its willingness to impose fiscal discipline

President Daniel Chapo is hoping that talks on a deal to convert and restructure US$1.4 billion of Chinese debt into yuan, based on a similar agreement in April...

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Vol 67 No 12 |

MOZAMBIQUE
RWANDA

Who really funds Kigali’s security operations in Cabo Delgado?

1st June 2026

French officials, Total and ExxonMobil are scrambling to retain Rwanda’s security role in Afungi after EU ended payments

French officials and TotalEnergies are looking at ways to maintain a military mission led by Rwanda in north-east Mozambique, after TotalEnergies and United States major ExxonMobil secured an...

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Vol 67 No 9 |

MOZAMBIQUE
RWANDA

As TotalEnergies restarts gas project, the insurgents take up piracy

28th April 2026

Jihadist fighters in Cabo Delgado are rebooting their campaign on land and sea as a row over cash could end Rwanda’s security operations

When France’s TotalEnergies resumed work on its US$25 billion gas project on Afungi in January, it was taken as a challenge by the jihadist insurgents based in the...

Vol 67 No 6 |

Kigali threatens to stop guarding gas project in Cabo Delgado

18th March 2026

Targeted by EU and US sanctions, Rwanda says it won’t protect western assets in Mozambique without new funding

Neither side has blinked yet in the poker game between Rwandan officials and their counterparts in the United States and the European Union. A flurry of meetings...

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Vol 67 No 5 |

MOZAMBIQUE

Fund dashes Chapo’s hope of a pain-free loan

23rd February 2026

A year of crisis management by Frelimo has left the economy in bad shape

President Daniel Chapo’s hopes of securing a new International Monetary Fund loan on softer terms have been squashed after the Fund stated that major fiscal reforms and a...

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Vol 67 No 2 |

MOZAMBIQUE
SENEGAL

Sonko and Chapo play a waiting game with the IMF

19th January 2026

Two resource-based economies are being held back by legacies of mismanaged debt

The governments in Dakar and Maputo are playing ‘wait and see’ with the IMF as they work out the parameters of new borrowing and economic reform programmes with...

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