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TechnipFMC leaves ENI in the lurch on Coral FLNG

The French-US oil services giant has decided to follow the general retreat from Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region begun by Total.

Subscribers only Energy Running Story - Cabo Delgado 05.05.2021

Ejected from Cabo Delgado, Lionel Dyck keeps a foothold in Mozambique

Mozambique has not renewed its contract with the Dyck Advisory Group, which provided air support to the Mozambican police. However, its boss Lionel Dyck is keeping his men on standby in the vast network of Mozambican parks, and also in Beira.

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running Story - Cabo Delgado 03.05.2021

Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

The mining consultant and geologist Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior.© LinkedIn

Subscribers only Mining 30.04.2021

Nyusi consults Kagame over Cabo Delgado strife

On 28 April, Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi took off in his private jet from Pemba in Cabo Delgado for a destination kept secret from most.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running Story - Cabo Delgado 30.04.2021

Three French companies in the running to build solar power plant in Mozambique

Five independent electric companies recently made the cut to participate in the final round for choosing who will win the bid to build a solar power plant with an output of 30-40 MW in Sofala province in central Mozambique.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 29.04.2021

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Masisi prepares SADC's response to Cabo Delgado insurgency

President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.© Aaron Ufumeli/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Free access Diplomacy Running Story - Cabo Delgado 28.04.2021

Total tells its subcontractors to pack up and leave Cabo Delgado

The Afungi gas site is likely to remain dormant for at least a year. Total has no faith in the Mozambican army's capacity to restore order there any time soon.

Subscribers only Energy 28.04.2021

Cornelder launches offensive on Mozambique's port terminals

With a foothold in Beira and in a number of Mozambican shipping companies, Rotterdam-based Cornelder Group is harnessing its many subsidiaries in order to win a bigger chunk of the country's port management sector.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.04.2021

Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

The French president has invited his Mozambican counterpart to join an African summit on 18 May. The meeting follows a military fiasco in Cabo Delgado province.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 26.04.2021

Intra Energy manoeuvres to offload its Tanzanian coal assets

The Australian mining company could be on the verge of selling off its coal projects in Tanzania in order to concentrate its efforts on its Mozambican gold project in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2021

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ANC bigwigs bicker over Manuel Chang, architect of Mozambique's secret loans

Former finance minister Manuel Chang, jailed in South Africa in 2018 for his role in Mozambique's secret loans scandal, is the subject of a fierce tug of war within the South African government. Securocrats want him extradited to Maputo, while the justice minister wants to send him to the US.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 21.04.2021

Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang.

Mozambican army urgently seeks armoured vehicles after Palma attack

Maputo is in a hurry to buy armoured vehicles to help its beleaguered army fend off insurgents wreaking havoc in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado. South African suppliers are keen to oblige.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.04.2021

Africa anxious over prospect of World Bank turning away from coal

The Bretton Woods institution is under growing pressure to stop financing coal because of targets tied to the COP21 climate conference in Paris. In Southern Africa, where coal is abundant, anxiety is on the rise.

Subscribers only Mining 19.04.2021

Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

Depuis le début du mois d'avril, l'homme d'affaires français Christophe Peschaud tente de se faire une place dans les ressources humaines spécialisées dans le secteur gazier à Maputo.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.04.2021

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Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

Armed violence in the region has brought work on the French major's liquefaction trains to a complete stop. When it will resume is anybody's guess.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2021

Opposition leader Daviz Simango's death drives MDM party revamp

Mozambique's opposition MDM party was already working on a new constitution a few days before the death in February of its charismatic leader, Daviz Simango. The party is now looking for new leaders and is making major decisions about its future.

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2021

The leader of the Movimento Democrático de Moçambique (MDM) Daviz Simango died in February 2021.

Moscow seeks to boost contacts with Nyusi

Russia's ambassador in Maputo, Alexander Surikov, has been making discreet approaches to the Mozambican administration in a bid to revive economic and security cooperation between the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.04.2021

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi in Russia in August 2019.

Buoyed by Elon Musk, southern Africa readies for nickel rush

Southern Africa's nickel miners are in the starting blocks after billionaire Elon Musk recently voiced concerns that supply may not match a future boom in electric batteries.

Subscribers only Mining 06.04.2021

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GardaWorld teams up with Dyck in response to Palma attack

The capture of Palma, five kilometres from major gas infrastructure at Afungi, illustrates the difficulties faced by Mozambique's armed forces and the Dyck Advisory Group in trying to secure the region. Dyck has teamed up with Canadian security giant GardaWorld to try and do a better job of it.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 31.03.2021

Total's Cabo Delgado security problems may force subcontractors to Mtwara port

Ports on Africa's southeastern shoreline are competing to capture a share of the huge traffic generated by the construction of liquefaction trains by French oil major Total.

Subscribers only Energy 30.03.2021

Nyusi puts munitions firm Mudemol out to grass

The parastatal munitions manufacturer and trader Mudemol set up by the Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has ceased trading, despite its powerful partners and the opportunities offered by the guerilla war raging in the north of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Business 25.03.2021

Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

Trade and industry minister Carlos Mesquita is making the most of the fall from grace of his agriculture counterpart Celso Correia, until now widely seen as President Filipe Nyusi's confidant.

Subscribers only Politics 22.03.2021

TechnipFMC still weighing up Mayotte as option to better serve Total in Cabo Delgado

A delegation from Technip FMC, the French-American oil company in charge of the subsea installations of Total's LNG project off the coast of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, should be in Mayotte in mid-March for one last survey of the local port infrastructure and services.

Subscribers only Energy 19.03.2021

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Under fire from Amnesty, Dyck Advisory Group stands down its helicopters

Shaking off an illness that has kept him confined to South Africa for months, the retired colonel Lionel Dyck headed to Mozambique in March to launch an internal probe in response to allegations by Amnesty International.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 18.03.2021

Maputo moves to improve electricity supply in Beira

Two years after Cyclone Idai tore through Sofala province, the state-owned electricity firm Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) is looking to contract a company to replace the cable that runs between the substations of Dondo and Munhava.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 18.03.2021

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Mozambique

TechnipFMC leaves ENI in the lurch on Coral FLNG

Ejected from Cabo Delgado, Lionel Dyck keeps a foothold in Mozambique

Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Nyusi consults Kagame over Cabo Delgado strife

Three French companies in the running to build solar power plant in Mozambique

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Masisi prepares SADC's response to Cabo Delgado insurgency

Total tells its subcontractors to pack up and leave Cabo Delgado

Cornelder launches offensive on Mozambique's port terminals

Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Intra Energy manoeuvres to offload its Tanzanian coal assets

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ANC bigwigs bicker over Manuel Chang, architect of Mozambique's secret loans

Mozambican army urgently seeks armoured vehicles after Palma attack

Africa anxious over prospect of World Bank turning away from coal

Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

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Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

Opposition leader Daviz Simango's death drives MDM party revamp

Moscow seeks to boost contacts with Nyusi

Buoyed by Elon Musk, southern Africa readies for nickel rush

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GardaWorld teams up with Dyck in response to Palma attack

Total's Cabo Delgado security problems may force subcontractors to Mtwara port

Nyusi puts munitions firm Mudemol out to grass

Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

TechnipFMC still weighing up Mayotte as option to better serve Total in Cabo Delgado

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Under fire from Amnesty, Dyck Advisory Group stands down its helicopters

Maputo moves to improve electricity supply in Beira

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TechnipFMC leaves ENI in the lurch on Coral FLNG

Ejected from Cabo Delgado, Lionel Dyck keeps a foothold in Mozambique

Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Nyusi consults Kagame over Cabo Delgado strife

Three French companies in the running to build solar power plant in Mozambique

Spotlight Masisi prepares SADC's response to Cabo Delgado insurgency

Total tells its subcontractors to pack up and leave Cabo Delgado

Cornelder launches offensive on Mozambique's port terminals

Filipe Nyusi due in Paris to talk economics and bilateral security

Intra Energy manoeuvres to offload its Tanzanian coal assets

Spotlight ANC bigwigs bicker over Manuel Chang, architect of Mozambique's secret loans

Mozambican army urgently seeks armoured vehicles after Palma attack

Africa anxious over prospect of World Bank turning away from coal

Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

Spotlight Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

Opposition leader Daviz Simango's death drives MDM party revamp

Moscow seeks to boost contacts with Nyusi

Buoyed by Elon Musk, southern Africa readies for nickel rush

Spotlight GardaWorld teams up with Dyck in response to Palma attack

Total's Cabo Delgado security problems may force subcontractors to Mtwara port

Nyusi puts munitions firm Mudemol out to grass

Carlos Mesquita consolidates his power within Nyusi's government

TechnipFMC still weighing up Mayotte as option to better serve Total in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight Under fire from Amnesty, Dyck Advisory Group stands down its helicopters

Maputo moves to improve electricity supply in Beira

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Masisi prepares SADC's response to Cabo Delgado insurgency

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ANC bigwigs bicker over Manuel Chang, architect of Mozambique's secret loans

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Total's Cabo Delgado LNG project on indefinite hold

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GardaWorld teams up with Dyck in response to Palma attack

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Under fire from Amnesty, Dyck Advisory Group stands down its helicopters