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Mozambique

French firm Marck & Balsan kits out special forces with EU funding

French firm Marck & Balsan, led by Philippe Belin, has equipped the Mozambican army and special forces with an estimated €5m-worth of uniforms, helmets, combat boots and accessories.

Subscribers only Defence 18.01.2023

Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) is welcomed by Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi in Maputo, Mozambique, 17 March 2018. © Antonio Silva/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.01.2023

Frelimo counts on José Grachane to take charge of 2024 polls

With a year to go a before particularly tense elections, the ruling power is already making moves to control the process. It is pinning its hopes on a former close associate of the family of ex-president Armando Guebuza.

Subscribers only Politics 12.01.2023

Makole Group invests in graphite in Cabo Delgado

The South African firm has partnered with Brazilian-Portuguese businessman to look for the crystalline form of carbon in a province fraught with considerable security risks.

Subscribers only Mining 06.12.2022

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Madagascan lychee exporters have lodged a complaint against the local branch of Transparency International, which has accused them of corruption. The affair, in which France's Compagnie fruitière and the Belgian firm Greenyard are implicated, is being followed closely by Western embassies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.12.2022

In Focus
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi. © Phill Magakoe/AFP

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Diplomacy Running story - Cabo Delgado 28.11.2022

TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

Although security remains precarious in Cabo Delgado province, the French major appears to be ready to revive its vast Mozambique LNG project.

Subscribers only Energy 24.11.2022

From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

A CN-235 troop transport aircraft sold in 2019 by Sofema to Madagascar has just been delivered in new livery to Mozambique by Paramount. It will be deployed in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Defence 21.11.2022

ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

While safety issues are far from being resolved in the Cabo Delgado province, the two majors operating in Block 4 are working hard to develop offshore solutions.

Subscribers only Energy 21.11.2022

Kigali poised to receive €20m from EU to fund its military intervention in Cabo Delgado

The EU, through the European Peace Facility, could delay by a few weeks the release of its €20m aid package to finance Kigali's military intervention in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.11.2022

Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Mozambique's mines ministry has awarded an exploration licence to Msawise Ruby Mining, which is owned by Fura Gems. The five-year permit covers an area of almost 10,000 hectares within the Niassa national park in the province of the same name.

Subscribers only Mining 17.11.2022

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Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Mozambique's ruling party bigwigs are securing their political and business legacies by pushing their children to get more involved in Frelimo. Several of them joined the party's central committee in September.

Subscribers only Politics 16.11.2022

Filipe Nyusi, Mozambique's President, delivers a speech for the opening of his party's 12th congress in Matola, Maputo Province, Mozambique, on 23 September 2022.

Seismic studies and drilling, Poland's Geofizyka and Exalo go full steam ahead on the continent

Poland's Geofizyka Torun is to closely monitor the drilling of a first exploration well on the Mozambican onshore PT5-C block, which South Africa's Sasol and its local partner ENH plan to complete by 2023's first quarter.

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2022

General Joao Americo Mpfumo adds another brick to mining empire

The former Mozambican air force commander has created a new entity on top of his already large portfolio of gold, ruby and coal permits.

Subscribers only Mining 08.11.2022

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

After three years coordinating Portugal's contribution to combating the insurrection in Cabo Delgado, the navy commander Paulo Gonçalves da Silva is preparing to make way for the air force officer Bertolino Miranda Ferreira at Portugal's embassy in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2022

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Powerful Sidat brothers' empire spans elections, sport and construction

With its strong connections within Frelimo, the Sidat siblings are increasingly involved in electoral contracts. At the same time, the family holding company is also present in construction, mining, real estate and football.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 01.11.2022

One of the Sidat brothers, Feizal, president of the Federaçao Moçambicana de Futebol.

Brussels supplies speedboats to help combat piracy

The European Union's European Peace Facility (EPF) has freed up €5m to equip the Mozambican Coast Guard with 35 9.5 m rapid intervention speedboats as part of its programme to fight piracy and illegal immigration.

Subscribers only Defence 28.10.2022

Indian miners extend reach over Tete's mines

The mines in the north-western Mozambican province of Tete, where the Indian giant Jindal rules, are continuing to attract mining investors from the subcontinent, with the blessing of local FRELIMO officials.

Subscribers only Mining 21.10.2022

Maputo fights losing battle to bring Manuel Chang to justice on home turf

The Mozambican government has made a last-ditch attempt to stop its former finance minister Manuel Chang being extradited from South Africa to the United States on charges of corruption. But Pretoria no longer has its back in this affair, and its chances of success are slim.

Subscribers only Politics 19.10.2022

Manuel Chang, former finance minister of Mozambique, appears at the Kempton Park Magistrates court on 8 January 2019.

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South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

The SADC intervention force in northern Mozambique, to which South Africa is the main contributor, has suffered a series of setbacks, including logistical snafus, lack of intelligence gathering, and poor coordination with Rwandan and Mozambican troops.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.10.2022

A military convoy of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) rides along a dirt road near Pemba on 5 August 2021.

In Focus
Demise of Mozambique NGO exposes shady underside of democracy business

A confidential report by EY highlighted financial mangement deficiencies at Mozambique's main pro-democracy NGO, then headed by Ericino de Salema. It put a dent in Salema's NGO career, but he has bounced back as a political crisis communications guru, thanks to his vast network in the country's media.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 10.10.2022

Women, selling charcoal, chat in front of the ruling FRELIMO party election posters in the capital, Maputo, Mozambique August 31, 2019.

ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

The US major does not intend to leave more than 100 trillion cubic feet of gas in the depths of the Mozambique Channel. To extract them, a new crack team of executives is at work to overturn the company's initial choices.

Subscribers only Energy 06.10.2022

Kembo Mohadi coal destined for export through Mozambican ports

To kick-start his coal project in south-eastern Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi is reorganising his logistics towards Mozambique, rather than towards the major South African ports.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 03.10.2022

Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

As Antananarivo seeks to maximise its tax revenues from QMM, the ilmenite production arm of Rio Tinto, the mining giant is preparing to get its Mutamba project in Mozambique off the ground. It is a signal to the Madagascan authorities that it has an alternative, should the tax negotiations fall through.

Free access Mining 30.09.2022

South Africa looks to Maputo for its medium-term gas needs

The Matola LNG import terminal project, on the outskirts of Maputo, is progressing quietly. Pretoria, which has no alternative medium-term solution for importing gas, should be the main beneficiary.

Subscribers only Energy 30.09.2022

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Mozambique

French firm Marck & Balsan kits out special forces with EU funding

Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

Frelimo counts on José Grachane to take charge of 2024 polls

Makole Group invests in graphite in Cabo Delgado

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

In Focus
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

Kigali poised to receive €20m from EU to fund its military intervention in Cabo Delgado

Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Spotlight
Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Seismic studies and drilling, Poland's Geofizyka and Exalo go full steam ahead on the continent

General Joao Americo Mpfumo adds another brick to mining empire

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

Spotlight
Powerful Sidat brothers' empire spans elections, sport and construction

Brussels supplies speedboats to help combat piracy

Indian miners extend reach over Tete's mines

Maputo fights losing battle to bring Manuel Chang to justice on home turf

Spotlight
South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

In Focus
Demise of Mozambique NGO exposes shady underside of democracy business

ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Kembo Mohadi coal destined for export through Mozambican ports

Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

South Africa looks to Maputo for its medium-term gas needs

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Mozambique

French firm Marck & Balsan kits out special forces with EU funding

Nyusi chooses top diplomat to take charge of relations with Ramaphosa

Frelimo counts on José Grachane to take charge of 2024 polls

Makole Group invests in graphite in Cabo Delgado

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

In Focus Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

TotalEnergies resumes tender process for Afungi works

From Madagascar to Cabo Delgado, the nine lives of Sofema's CN-235 plane

ExxonMobil and ENI prepare the ground for the second Coral FLNG

Kigali poised to receive €20m from EU to fund its military intervention in Cabo Delgado

Fura Gems to hunt for rubies in Niassa national park

Spotlight Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Seismic studies and drilling, Poland's Geofizyka and Exalo go full steam ahead on the continent

General Joao Americo Mpfumo adds another brick to mining empire

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

Spotlight Powerful Sidat brothers' empire spans elections, sport and construction

Brussels supplies speedboats to help combat piracy

Indian miners extend reach over Tete's mines

Maputo fights losing battle to bring Manuel Chang to justice on home turf

Spotlight South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

In Focus Demise of Mozambique NGO exposes shady underside of democracy business

ExxonMobil reorganises its staff as Rovuma shifts to 100% offshore

Kembo Mohadi coal destined for export through Mozambican ports

Rio Tinto plays Maputo off against Antananarivo

South Africa looks to Maputo for its medium-term gas needs

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In Focus
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

Spotlight
Frelimo bigwigs' offspring form political and business new guard

Spotlight
Powerful Sidat brothers' empire spans elections, sport and construction

Spotlight
South African army plagued by setbacks in Cabo Delgado

In Focus
Demise of Mozambique NGO exposes shady underside of democracy business