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Rwandan soldiers patrolling in Afungi, near the TotalEnergies complex in Cabo Delgado, 22 September 2021. © Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP

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Defence Energy 23/06/2022

Rwanda seeks European financial help for Cabo Delgado mission

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Commodity traders Diplomacy 16/06/2022

Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria

Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Russian Federation. © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Mining 16/06/2022

Major transaction in Mozambican tantalum

In late May, the small but highly lucrative tantalum industry in northern Mozambique saw its most significant change in a decade when Muiane mine changed hands. It is now run by the local market leader Highland African Mining. [...]

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Energy 14/06/2022

ExxonMobil in close consultation with partners ENI and CNPC over Rovuma LNG

Mining 09/06/2022

Senior FRELIMO figures join Russian entrepreneur in precious stones venture

A Russian businessman with good contacts in Maputo has gone into partnership with the secretary-general of the FRELIMO veterans association and the godson of former president Armando Guebuza to mine precious stones in Cabo Delgado province. [...]

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Running story Southern Africa and islands

Southern Africa: the tough path towards quitting coal

The whole region of southern Africa, and especially South Africa, remains extremely dependent on coal mines, despite protests from environmentalists and pressure from the West in the form of billion-dollar subsidised plans to speed up the coal phase-out. [...]

The Duvha coal-fired power plant, owned by state-owned utility Eskom, in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, on June 3, 2021. © Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Running story Defence Diplomacy Southern Africa and islands

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The development of Cabo Delgado province's vast gas resources has brought with it the emergence of an armed insurgency, one that is yet to be clearly defined but is already impinging on Total and ExxonMobil's operations there. [...]

Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. © AI

Energy 07/06/2022

TotalEnergies brings back first subcontractors to Cabo Delgado

TotalEnergies has still not ended the force majeure it decreed more than a year ago that shut down its Mozambique LNG mega-project after insurgent attacks. But it is preparing to reopen the Afungi site where the two LNG liquefaction trains will be built. [...]

Energy 27/05/2022

Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

The Portuguese company is in need of a quick source of cash to finance its colossal project in Brazil and wants to pull out of Mozambique as well as Angola. [...]

Defence Diplomacy 26/05/2022

Foreign Legion lends helping hand to EU training mission in Mozambique

Après avoir déployé en début d'année ses premiers détachements d'instruction au profit de l'armée mozambicaine, l'armée française est en train d'accélérer en mettant à disposition de nouveaux formateurs dans le cadre de l'EUTM-Mozambique. [...]

Mining 24/05/2022

American cannabis entrepreneurs and Congolese politician track down gold together

The president of a DRC minor opposition party, Christian Malanga, and two Americans working in the medicinal cannabis sector, have become partners in a mining venture. [...]

Defence Business 20/05/2022

Under-resourced army rents over 100 vehicles from UAE manufacturer MLS

Mozambique: Involved in the 'pacification' of the troubled province of Cabo Delgado, the Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (FADM) have just received between 100 and 150 military trucks to help transport troops. [...]

Energy 13/05/2022

TotalEnergies presents its Cabo Delgado gas plans to Japanese and Indian partners

French oil company TotalEnergies is on the verge of announcing its return to the province of Cabo Delgado. Now its partners have to be informed, and prepared. [...]

Mining 13/05/2022

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

Maputo, seeking to profit from rising uranium prices, hopes that a new project involving Australia's MRG Metals, the first in Mozambique for almost a decade, will herald a new wave of investment in the nuclear fuel. [...]

SpotlightEnergy 06/05/2022

African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Alexander Djaparidze, Vladimir Potanin and Leonid Mikhelson are among the few Russian oligarchs who escaped the EU and US sanctions that targeted dozens of their peers. This allows them to continue their activities on the continent. [...]

Alexander Djaparidze (Eurasia Drilling), Vladimir Potanine (Nornickel) and Leonid Mikhelson (Novatek). © Roscongress/Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Mining 06/05/2022

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Having been run by a management committee for two years, Vedanta's zinc subsidiary is looking for a new CEO to support its strategy to increase production. [...]

Diplomacy 05/05/2022

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

Neglected since the outset of the Bolsonaro era, Brazil's diplomatic apparatus on the African continent is undergoing a complete overhaul with a reassigning of senior officials to the country's key embassies in southern Africa. [...]

Energy 28/04/2022

TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

There is considerable local interest in future services contract opportunities for the development of Cabo Delgado's liquefied natural gas reserves. The question now is who could apply and in what area. [...]

Mining 27/04/2022

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Operating mainly in the booming lithium sector in Zimbabwe, the company Premier African Minerals, led by one of the founders of UraMin, is pushing ahead with its gold project in northern Mozambique in partnership with a local consultant. [...]

Infrastructures Business 20/04/2022

Six years after being abandoned, Maputo's Bus Rapid Transit project is up and running again

The Mozambican authorities are once again planning a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, high-capacity buses using dedicated lanes, in the capital Maputo. [...]

SpotlightEnergy 19/04/2022

Benedict Peters' Aiteo takes a tumble in bid for Mozambique oil

Nigerian businessman Benedict Peters is struggling to establish himself in oil and mining on the continent. He has just been turned down in Mozambique. [...]

Energy 14/04/2022

Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies' subcontractors eagerly awaiting end of force majeure

French major TotalEnergies and its partners are meeting more and more often to discuss resuming activities on Mozambique LNG. A specific date should be given soon. [...]

Running story Southern Africa and islands

Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

As a future gas production zone, South Africa, Mozambique and Namibia carry the hopes of the super-majors Total, ENI and ExxonMobil. They represent a new opportunity for investors as Africa's traditional oil and gas-producing countries are increasingly struggling to maintain production. [...]

The Rovuma LNG project, in Mozambique. © ENI

Mining 08/04/2022

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

Cosme Jacinto Nyusi, President Filipe Nyusi's little-known brother, is quietly expanding his mining investments in the rich subsoil of northern Mozambique. [...]

Energy 01/04/2022

TotalEnergies fired up to return to Cabo Delgado

The French oil giant is poised to resume its activities in the troubled Cabo Delgado province, where it intends to revive the construction of its LNG plant. [...]

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Rwanda seeks European financial help for Cabo Delgado mission

Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria

Major transaction in Mozambican tantalum

ExxonMobil in close consultation with partners ENI and CNPC over Rovuma LNG

Senior FRELIMO figures join Russian entrepreneur in precious stones venture

Southern Africa: the tough path towards quitting coal

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

TotalEnergies brings back first subcontractors to Cabo Delgado

Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

Foreign Legion lends helping hand to EU training mission in Mozambique

American cannabis entrepreneurs and Congolese politician track down gold together

Under-resourced army rents over 100 vehicles from UAE manufacturer MLS

TotalEnergies presents its Cabo Delgado gas plans to Japanese and Indian partners

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Six years after being abandoned, Maputo's Bus Rapid Transit project is up and running again

Benedict Peters' Aiteo takes a tumble in bid for Mozambique oil

Mozambique LNG: TotalEnergies' subcontractors eagerly awaiting end of force majeure

Southern Africa progresses towards the start of gas production

President Nyusi's brother expands mining interests in Nampula province

TotalEnergies fired up to return to Cabo Delgado

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Senior FRELIMO figures join Russian entrepreneur in precious stones venture

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Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

TotalEnergies brings back first subcontractors to Cabo Delgado

Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

Foreign Legion lends helping hand to EU training mission in Mozambique

American cannabis entrepreneurs and Congolese politician track down gold together

Under-resourced army rents over 100 vehicles from UAE manufacturer MLS

TotalEnergies presents its Cabo Delgado gas plans to Japanese and Indian partners

MRG Metals reignites uranium ambitions in Zambezia province Free

African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

Joao Lameiras, local partner in UraMin's gold mining drive

Six years after being abandoned, Maputo's Bus Rapid Transit project is up and running again

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