Vol 54 No 23 | MOZAMBIQUE Abductions fuel anxiety 14th November 2013 Police officers and their accomplices may be behind the current wave of kidnapping, private sector security sources have told Africa Confidential. The abductions are fuelling publi...
Vol 54 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUE The mystery ship deal 23rd October 2013 Why is a new company linked to the security services spending over 300 million euro on a tuna fishing fleet and a mini-navy? As tensions rise in Mozambique following rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama's abrogation on 21 October of the 1992 peace deal, more questions are being asked about the government's opaqu...
Vol 54 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUE Renamo and Frelimo back to the fray 29th October 2013 The violence stems from quarrels between leaders, not popular grievances, but the situation could spiral out of control The unilateral decision by the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana to abrogate the 1992 General Peace Agreement with the Frente de Libertação Moçambi...
Vol 54 No 20 | MOZAMBIQUE Tender mercies 3rd October 2013 Insisting that major infrastructure contracts go to competitive tender has got Transport and Communications Minister Paulo Zucula the sack, say senior political sources. President ...
Vol 54 No 18 | MOZAMBIQUE Frelimo may compromise 6th September 2013 Renamo’s campaign for a bigger slice of public life has little support but Frelimo seems unable to capitalise on that and may make concessions As the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique’s armed stand-off continues with the opposition Resistência Nacional Mocambicana (Renamo), Frelimo is beg...
Vol 54 No 17 | MOZAMBIQUE Renamo ramps up the pressure 15th August 2013 Disgruntled Renamo rebels are using force and threats of economic disruption to get their demands on the table The violent stand-off between President Armando Guebuza's government and the former Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) rebels, now entering its sixth month, loo...
Vol 54 No 17 | MOZAMBIQUE Frelimo decides 2014 22nd August 2013 The successor to President Armando Guebuza is expected to be decided in September at one of two meetings of the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique&rs...
Vol 54 No 13 | MOZAMBIQUE A bumpy ride to the polls 19th June 2013 A fraught registration of electors before the local polls and growing civil society interest compound Renamo’s dispute with Frelimo Civil society, the media and all Mozambique’s political parties are heavily engaged in scrutinising and politicking over the new electoral register. The register should be co...
Vol 54 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Timber rackets, gas booms 7th June 2013 As the gas industry opens up the north, generals and politicians are smuggling hundreds of tonnes of timber and ivory to China As the booming trade in smuggled ivory and timber devastates northern Mozambique’s environment, Attorney General Augusto Paulino has launched an investigation into the claimed invo...
Vol 54 No 10 | MOZAMBIQUE Limits to corruption campaign 10th May 2013 A new conflict of interest law forces some politicians to resign but Frelimo still dominates the economy A series of high-profile resignations has followed the introduction of laws governing conflicts of interest and corruption but there is considerable uncertainty about how much furt...
