Vol 55 No 14 | MOZAMBIQUE Ruby wedding 11th July 2014 Montepuez Ruby Mining held its first auction last month, raising US$33.5 million at the sale in Singapore. MRM is a joint venture between Britain's Gemfields PLC and a company owne...
Vol 55 No 13 | MOZAMBIQUE Aid row escalates 27th June 2014 Britain and Germany cut budget support over a tuna-fishing company and other deals. Ahead of the elections, Frelimo is not giving in The governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) is engaged in an increasingly bitter row with foreign donors over loans and public spending. Britain...
Vol 55 No 13 | MOZAMBIQUE Deal to nobble the MDM falters 27th June 2014 The current aid dispute between foreign governments and the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) may affect how the 15 October elections are mon...
Vol 55 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Oily bumps in the road 13th June 2014 Arguments over the gas project, an offshore spill and an uncertain legal framework show that the way to the oil and gas bonanza is not easy Mozambique’s nascent oil and gas industry has suffered its first significant spill. It highlights one of the difficulties in developing one of the world’s largest gas d...
Vol 55 No 12 | MOZAMBIQUE Spills – clear as mud 13th June 2014 In May, Anadarko informed the Environment Ministry that 30,000 litres of drilling fluid had accidentally leaked from one of its exploratory wells in the Rovuma Basin, 46 kilometres...
Vol 55 No 10 | MOZAMBIQUE Stand by your man 16th May 2014 The governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique licked its wounds and stuck on the sticking plasters during a four-day extraordinary meeting of its Central Co...
Vol 55 No 9 | MOZAMBIQUE My enemy's enemy 2nd May 2014 The leader of the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, Afonso Dhlakama, may well stand in October's presidential election as part of a deal reached with President Armando...
Vol 55 No 8 | MOZAMBIQUE TV gold 15th April 2014 The daughter of President Armando Guebuza, Valentina, has come under attack after a company in which she is a major shareholder was awarded a US$300 million contract without public...
Vol 55 No 6 | MOZAMBIQUE Huge rise in illegal logging 21st March 2014 A Maputo university study has gathered hard figures on illegal timber and revealed a massive and unexpected increase A study by Maputo's Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) has uncovered an 88% increase in illegal logging since 2007. Funded by the European Union, the report shows that enforcement...
Vol 55 No 5 | MOZAMBIQUE Frelimo picks a candidate 3rd March 2014 After a strong challenge from his rivals, the governing party has chosen Guebuza’s man to stand in the presidential election After more than a year of uncertainty and speculation, the party in power has finally chosen the Defence Minister, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, as its presidential candidate for the Octob...
