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Total's Mozambique manager Ronan Bescond ponders his future while all projects are frozen

Total's CEO intended to replace its local management, but the events on 24 March in Palma changed everything.

Subscribers only Energy 17.05.2021

Kagamé envisages military support for Nyusi

Rwanda's President Paul Kagamé.© Njeri Mwangi/Reuters

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy Running Story - Cabo Delgado 13.05.2021

Business magnate Helder Tembe guides Century Aviation into Mozambique

Financier Helder Tember, who heads a number of investment companies, has helped Ghanaian helicopter operator Century Aviation to get a foothold in Maputo.

Subscribers only Business 12.05.2021

Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project

TechnipFMC, the French major subcontractor on its vast gas project that is now in limbo, have hired a group of firms to take down and remove the infrastructure still in Palma.

Subscribers only Energy, Business Running Story - Cabo Delgado 11.05.2021

Chinese businessman Wu Tao takes over reins of Sino-Moz Parque Industrial

The boss of Africa Great Wall has inherited the Chinese-Mozambican industrial park project, which will be in a position to compete with AFECC's special economic zone.

Subscribers only Business 07.05.2021

Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

Total is walking on eggshells with the Mozambican authorities, wanting to both draw lessons from the close of its LNG facility build and stand firm on the terms of its return.

Subscribers only Energy Running Story - Cabo Delgado 06.05.2021

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 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 03.05.2021

Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior, invited to speak as president of the national geology association at Mozambique's biggest energy and mining conference, took the opportunity to introduce his mining consultancy services to a wider audience.

Subscribers only Mining 30.04.2021

The mining consultant and geologist Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior.

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 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

At the upcoming SADC talks in Maputo, Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi will put foward a military and logistical response to the security crisis in Cabo Delgado, an initiative that is also intended to shore up the candidacy of Masisi favourite Elias Magosi as SADC secretary-general.

Free access Diplomacy 28.04.2021

President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.

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

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Total's Mozambique manager Ronan Bescond ponders his future while all projects are frozen

Kagamé envisages military support for Nyusi

Business magnate Helder Tembe guides Century Aviation into Mozambique

Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project

Chinese businessman Wu Tao takes over reins of Sino-Moz Parque Industrial

Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

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

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

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GardaWorld teams up with Dyck in response to Palma attack

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Total's Mozambique manager Ronan Bescond ponders his future while all projects are frozen

Kagamé envisages military support for Nyusi

Business magnate Helder Tembe guides Century Aviation into Mozambique

Consortium hired to dismantle Total's LNG project

Chinese businessman Wu Tao takes over reins of Sino-Moz Parque Industrial

Total and Maputo worlds apart on the future of Mozambique LNG

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

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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