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Spotlight MOZAMBIQUE Defence Issue dated 10/12/2020

Paramount and Lionel Dyck massively boost Nyusi's firepower

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

MOZAMBIQUE

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. As the conflict worsens, President Nyusi has been prompted to seek foreign help. [...]

Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi. ©REUTERS

Defence firms Dyck Advisory Group and Paramount have cornered the counter-insurgency market in Mozambique. Paramount will provide the army with ground an air support, while Dyck is extending his collaboration with the police. Both are due to heavily equip Mozambique's forces. [...] (499 words)

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Nyusi puts munitions firm Mudemol out to grass

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With Total demanding significant security guarantees from the Mozambican military, Nyusi is currently without a chief of staff after the incumbent died less than a month after his appointment. His successor will be faced with the task of protecting the gas majors from the jihadist insurrection, which is hindering the extraction of the country's natural resources. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 25/01/2021

Dyck Advisory Group scales down activities but keeps its contract

Although it has put its activities on hold in recent months, the Dyck Advisory Group retains its contract to mentor the police in the face of the Cabo Delgado uprising. [...]

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Casino mogul Guo Manyi expands his mining activities

Best known for his involvement in Maputo casinos, Guo Manyi has recently boosted his mining investments in Mozambique, focusing on heavy sands. [...]

SOUTH AFRICA MOZAMBIQUE 08/01/2021

Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Via the consultancy Burnham Global, the South African defence magnate Ivor Ichikowitz is instructing Mozambican soldiers in how to operate armoured vehicles supplied by his own firm Paramount. [...]

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MOZAMBIQUE SOUTH AFRICA 16/12/2020

Pretoria probes Dyck Advisory Group's activities

South African authorities have begun investigating Dyck Advisory Group and its partners, Duncan Mac Arthur and STTEP International. [...]

The governor of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo.

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Cabo Delgado governor Tauabo gets Saudi help to battle jihadists

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MOZAMBIQUE 18/11/2020

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group heading towards mid-flight crash

The presence of several execs from private security group STTEP has done little to boost morale among the Dyck Advisory Group's staff. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 02/11/2020

Lionel Dyck's private army struggles in Cabo Delgado despite Panzer Logistics and STTEP reinforcements

President Filipe Nyusi is unhappy with the approach to containing the insurrection in Cabo Delgado proposed by Dyck Advisory Group and its subcontractors, the arms trader Panzer Logistics and the private security firm STTEP International. [...]

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CNOOC hopes to bag former ExxonMobil and BP blocks

Mozambican army urgently seeks armoured vehicles after Palma attack

GardaWorld teams up with Dyck in response to Palma attack

Nyusi puts munitions firm Mudemol out to grass

Nyusi forced unexpectedly into reshuffling his army high command Free

Dyck Advisory Group scales down activities but keeps its contract

Casino mogul Guo Manyi expands his mining activities

Burnham Global trains Nyusi's troops to operate Paramount armoured vehicles

Pretoria probes Dyck Advisory Group's activities

Cabo Delgado governor Tauabo gets Saudi help to battle jihadists

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Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group heading towards mid-flight crash

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