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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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MOZAMBIQUE
Bernardino Rafael
Boats Olivier
Botha Olivier
British Army
Burnham Global
Dyck Advisory Group
Eric Ichikowitz
Filipe Nyusi
Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique
Gary Wood
Ivor Ichikowitz
Ivor Ichikowitz, the state's friend in need
Jaime Neto
Janusian
Lionel Dyck
Panzer Logistics
Paramount
Paramount Group
Policia da Republica de Moçambique
South African Defence Forces
STTEP International
TransAfrica Capital

Nyusi receives first ISR planes from Paramount

After supplying several remilitarised helicopters, the South African firm has delivered a first Mwari surveillance plane to Mozambique's army. [...]

Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi. © Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters

MOZAMBIQUE 21/04/2021

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. [...]

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MOZAMBIQUE 31/03/2021

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. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 25/03/2021

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. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 18/02/2021

Nyusi forced unexpectedly into reshuffling his army high command Free

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. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 08/01/2021

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. [...]

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. [...]

Shamila Batohi addressing members of the media after being appointed as National Director of Public Prosecutions, Pretoria, South Africa, 04 December 2018. © Jairus Mmutle/GCIS Handout/EPA/MAXPPP

SAUDI ARABIA MOZAMBIQUE 02/12/2020

Cabo Delgado governor Tauabo gets Saudi help to battle jihadists

The governor of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, tries to persuade Saudi Arabia to help finance President Filipe Nyusi's war against jihadist rebels in his gas-rich province. [...]

NAMIBIA BOTSWANA 25/11/2020

Geingob and Masisi's diplomatic manoeuvres to diffuse border tensions Free

Both Namibia's and Botswana's heads of state like to present themselves as a model for regional cooperation but a burgeoning bilateral crisis is undermining that reputation. So far SADC has kept quiet, even when the Botswana army fatally shot three Namibian civilians in an antipoaching operation. [...]

Zambezi-Chobe confluence border region. © Africa Intelligence - Indigo Publications - 2020

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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MOZAMBIQUE
Bernardino Rafael
Boats Olivier
Botha Olivier
British Army
Burnham Global
Dyck Advisory Group
Eric Ichikowitz
Filipe Nyusi
Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique
Gary Wood
Ivor Ichikowitz
Ivor Ichikowitz, the state's friend in need
Jaime Neto
Janusian
Lionel Dyck
Panzer Logistics
Paramount
Paramount Group
Policia da Republica de Moçambique
South African Defence Forces
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TransAfrica Capital

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