Vol 53 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Poll post-mortem shocks 8th June 2012 A secret report by the Zambézia Province command of the national police on why the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique so resoundingly lost the mayoral election in Quelimane last De...
Vol 53 No 9 | MOZAMBIQUE Energy bonanza promises real financial independence 27th April 2012 Mozambique is on the threshold of a multi-billion dollar energy boom destined to transform a country that, less than 20 years ago, was counted by the World Bank as the world’s poorest, with per capita gross domestic product of US$80. It is still a weak state that lacks capacity to manage such a large range of investment projects and there is concern that resource wealth will facilitate corruption and poor governance. State revenue from these riches promises eventually to deliver something else – revenue independence. This would be a big change for a country highly dependent on foreign aid: grants and concessional loans currently contribute 41% of the national budget Energy resources lie at the heart of foreign direct investment commitments worth $28 billion. This is more than double 2011’s total gross domestic product of $12 bn. and could rise...
Vol 53 No 9 | MOZAMBIQUE Stakes and taxes 27th April 2012 The government has announced that it will tax mergers and acquisitions in the resource sector. The first is Royal Dutch Shell’s proposed purchase of Britain’s Cove Energy, holder o...
Vol 53 No 2 | MOZAMBIQUEUNITED STATES Maputo shuns US concern 20th January 2012 The government appears indifferent about beefing up coastal security and introducing anti-pirate laws The United States is making little headway in its bid to get Mozambique and other coastal states to beef up their anti-piracy laws and their military response. It also wants action...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | MOZAMBIQUEASIA Maputo’s pan-Asian business plan 10th November 2011 The government is bringing in investment from every substantial economy in Asia to back its industrialisation and energy projects From the roads and rail networks to telecoms, the energy sector and the myriad minerals buried in its soil, there has been a sharp spike in the presence of Asian companies in the s...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | MOZAMBIQUEASIA Diverse diplomats 10th November 2011 The array of investments across the economy shows that the government is keen to see Mozambique diversify away from purely resource-based flows. The variety of Asian partners is a ...
Vol 52 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Return of the Chissanoistas 16th December 2011 President Guebuza’s bid to stay on looks dead, which could mean a Chissano comeback After seven years of consolidating his position, Armando Emílio Guebuza now faces the failure of his bid to change the constitution to permit him a third term as president. Faction...
Vol 52 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Comrades and compromisers 16th December 2011 Eduardo Mulémbuè: Parliament's former, long-serving Speaker, is a low-key, neutral figure with support across the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) factions and a good c...
Vol 52 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Small coup in Quelimane 16th December 2011 The victory of the Movimento Democrático de Moçambique in the mayoral by-election in Quelimane on 7 December was a humiliating – and unnecessary – defeat for the ruling Frente de L...
Vol 52 No 19 | MOZAMBIQUE By-election business 23rd September 2011 The resignation of three Frente de Libertação de Moçambique mayors is raising strong political interest, as well as the hopes of opposition parties, in the by-elections set for 7 D...
