Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MOZAMBIQUEJAPAN Agricultural revolution delayed 31st May 2013 The ProSavana project that could turn Mozambique into a major agricultural producer has yet to convince local civil society groups and farmers The ProSavana project has been set up to repeat a Japan International Cooperation Agency programme that helped to turn Brazil's Cerrado region into a major agricultural producer. Its...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MOZAMBIQUE Armando Guebuza 31st May 2013 President Mozambique: Mr Gue-Business in China President Armando Emílio Guebuza met President Xi Jinping to discuss investment and solicit help in strengthening Mozambique's human resources ahead of the second session of the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | MOZAMBIQUECHINA Rotten timber trade 11th February 2013 Chinese businesses use personal ties to Mozambican politicians and officials to run a network of illegal timber exports that mask the environmental impact of logging. So concludes the...
Vol 53 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Rift risk over gas laws 14th December 2012 Negotiations over the planned gas plant could put Anadarko and ENI on a collision course with government Preparations are now well under way for a liquefied natural gas plant to handle Mozambique’s massive offshore gas deposits. The Instituto Nacional de Petróleo has proposed a bill...
Vol 53 No 24 | MOZAMBIQUE Make mine a mine 30th November 2012 Foreign mining companies await clarification of the regulations after a bill goes before Parliament next month. The mining bill will also open the door to direct ownership...
Vol 53 No 21 | MOZAMBIQUE Guebuza’s new man 19th October 2012 President Armando Guebuza has underlined his command of party and state by removing Prime Minister Aires Ali from his government job after he failed to hold on to...
Vol 53 No 20 | MOZAMBIQUE Partial win for Guebuza 5th October 2012 The President maintained his grip on the party at the Pemba Congress but there were still some surprises The tenth Congress of the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique ended on 29 September but President Armando Guebuza did not get everything he wanted: he won’t be able...
Vol 53 No 18 | MOZAMBIQUE The Putin option 7th September 2012 The President hopes to go on running the country – and his businesses – after his term in office ends The 23 to 28 September congress of the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique will be the field of the battle to decide whether President Armando Guebuza can...
Vol 53 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Conflicts of interest 8th June 2012 Acting on corruption is one thing but Frelimo is having problems even passing laws against it Proposals for anti-corruption legislation are causing severe anxiety in the governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique. Frelimo is scrambling to bury reforms.
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...