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Mozambique

Cabo Delgado: EU plans to maintain financial aid to Rwandan army

Despite the war in DRC, the European External Action Service is arguing against immediate suspension of financial aid for the Rwanda Defence Force in the north of Mozambique.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy Running story - Cabo Delgado 28.04.2025

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Washington argues for return of $640m to sanctioned Russian bank VTB

Former Mozambique's Finance Minister Manuel Chang in Washington on April 21, 2012. © Nicholas Kamm/AFP

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 22.04.2025

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US lobbying plays crucial role in obtaining US Exim Bank loan for Mozambique LNG

TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, under Rwandan guard on 29 September 2022. © Camille Laffont/AFP

Subscribers only Energy Running story - Cabo Delgado 10.04.2025

Demobilisation of TotalEnergies' subcontractors labour force on Mozambique LNG : true or false ?

The French oil company claims to not have requested any demobilisation at its Afungi site in northern Mozambique.

Subscribers only Energy Running story - Cabo Delgado 25.03.2025

TotalEnergies awaits EXIM Bank's decision on Mozambique LNG

At the French major's HQ, there are high hopes of speedy support from America's EXIM bank for the mega gas project in the Cabo Delgado province. The organisation's board is due to discuss the matter in Washington in the coming weeks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.03.2025

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ExxonMobil makes steady progress on its LNG project

ExxonMobil's Rovuma LNG megaproject. © ExxonMobil

Subscribers only Energy 04.03.2025

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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.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy, Diplomacy 28.04.2025

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TotalEnergies stands down Mozambique LNG's subcontractors

Despite its optimistic pronouncements of late, the French major is standing down hundreds of employees based in the Afungi area, where its future liquefaction trains will be located.

Subscribers only Energy 28.02.2025

The TotalEnergies gas complex in Afungi, Cabo Delgado, September 2021.

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

The Southern Africa Development Community has come out in support of the Madagascan Richard Randriamandrato for the position of chairperson.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2025

Pouyanné's enthusiasm about Mozambique LNG takes Maputo by surprise

Speaking at a press conference in Paris on 5 February, TotalEnergies' CEO said he was particularly optimistic about the resumption of the LNG project, suspended due to force majeure since April 2021.

Subscribers only Energy 07.02.2025

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné in Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2025.

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Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

The French head of state is due to attend an Indian Ocean Commission summit in Madagascar in April, and may also visit the islands of La Réunion and Mauritius.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.01.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Madagascan counterpart Andry Rajoelina at the 19th Summit of the Francophonie in Villers-Cotterets, France, 24 October 2024.

After Chang's conviction, US tries to calculate the complex compensation

Mozambique's former finance minister has been convicted in the so-called "hidden debts" case. However, the amount that should compensate investors for their losses has yet to be determined. It's a complex task in a complex case.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.01.2025

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Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

The world leader in coloured gemstones has scaled back operations in Zambia and Mozambique after disappointing auctions. In Madagascar, the British group is no longer welcome in the sapphire sector after it brought a corruption case against an adviser to Andry Rajoelina.

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2025

Gemfields CEO Sean Gilbertson at the African Mining Indaba 2022 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, 11 May 2022.

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TotalEnergies replaces Mozambique LNG project manager

The French oil and gas giant, which hopes to resume construction of liquefaction trains in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province this year, has sent a new project manager to Maputo.

Subscribers only Energy 13.01.2025

Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of Total Energies, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 2022.

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Paris fumbles its way through Mozambique's post-election crisis

The French embassy in Maputo is maintaining an air of near-normality in the face of unrest it struggles to fully comprehend. Some French companies have begun recalling their staff.

Free access Politics 17.12.2024

A protest against presidential election results, in Maputo on 6 November 2024.

TotalEnergies to delay resumption of Mozambique LNG until mid-2025

The French major is not intending to relaunch its LNG project until May or June of next year. And then only if it receives financial guarantees from US Exim Bank, whose new board is set to be appointed by president-elect Donald Trump in January.

Subscribers only Energy 13.12.2024

Ex-finance minister Chang pleads for lighter sentence in US

The former Mozambican treasurer, who may face up to 20 years in prison for his role in 2013's ‘hidden debts scandal', will be sentenced in January. His legal counsel has requested a sentence that would allow his immediate release.

Subscribers only Defence 10.12.2024

Manuel Chang in court in South Africa, 8 January 2019.

Army sources its new transport plane from Airbus

It will shortly be taking delivery of a CASA C295 cargo aircraft.

Subscribers only Defence 31.10.2024

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné expected in Abuja and Maputo

He is due to arrive in Nigeria on 31 October.

Subscribers only Energy 31.10.2024

TotalEnergies CEO prepares first trip to Maputo

The French major's teams in Mozambique have been preparing for their first ever encounter with the group CEO Patrick Pouyanné and the country's probable new president Daniel Chapo.

Subscribers only Energy 16.10.2024

Cabo Delgado: EU set to grant €20m aid to Rwandan forces

The deadlock in talks in Brussels between the European Union and Rwanda has been broken after the African country agreed to ensure that EU funds are used exclusively to finance its operations in northern Mozambique.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 14.10.2024

ExxonMobil advances stealthily on Rovuma LNG restart

US major ExxonMobil is set to restart work on its giant gas liquefaction project in northern Mozambique. Renovation of the site's 'pioneer camp' is about to get under way.

Subscribers only Energy 09.10.2024

Former finance minister Manuel Chang seeks US corruption retrial

The Mozambican ex-minister's lawyer is fighting for an unlikely retrial after a US court in August convicted him on corruption charges in 2013's "hidden debts scandal".

Subscribers only Politics, Business 30.09.2024

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FRELIMO presidential candidate cosies up to Kagame

Daniel Chapo, the frontrunner in next month's presidential election in Mozambique, paid an unpublicised visit to Kigali in June where he met Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who has become the key patron of security in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.09.2024

FRELIMO candidate Daniel Chapo at a meeting in Niassa province, July 2024.

Decision on Mozambique LNG force majeure to wait for presidential outcome

Regardless of the security and financial matters, French group TotalEnergies will not lift its force majeure on the largest LNG infrastructure in Africa until at least next year, once Mozambique has a new president.

Subscribers only Energy 03.09.2024

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Cabo Delgado: EU plans to maintain financial aid to Rwandan army

Spotlight Washington argues for return of $640m to sanctioned Russian bank VTB

Spotlight US lobbying plays crucial role in obtaining US Exim Bank loan for Mozambique LNG

Demobilisation of TotalEnergies' subcontractors labour force on Mozambique LNG : true or false ?

TotalEnergies awaits EXIM Bank's decision on Mozambique LNG

Spotlight ExxonMobil makes steady progress on its LNG project

Running story Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

Spotlight TotalEnergies stands down Mozambique LNG's subcontractors

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

Pouyanné's enthusiasm about Mozambique LNG takes Maputo by surprise

Spotlight Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

After Chang's conviction, US tries to calculate the complex compensation

Spotlight Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

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TotalEnergies CEO prepares first trip to Maputo

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Former finance minister Manuel Chang seeks US corruption retrial

Spotlight FRELIMO presidential candidate cosies up to Kagame

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