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## Posts
- [Licensing the plant, policing the farmer](https://www.zitamar.com/licensing-the-plant-policing-the-farmer.md) - A legal cannabis industry could leave small growers facing the same criminal penalties, unless reform reaches beyond the licence
- [Angola Today: MPLA shuts Carneiro out, refers case to prosecutors, and FNLA leadership battle deepens](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-mpla-shuts-carneiro-out-refers-case-to-prosecutors-and-fnla-leadership-battle-deepens.md) - Central Committee excludes Higino Carneiro and sends alleged document forgery to prosecutors
- [The state must do its share](https://www.zitamar.com/the-state-must-do-its-share.md) - Mozambique wants investors to process more minerals locally. The government must deliver the roads and electricity that make those factories viable
- [Angola Today: Namibia offered Lobito refinery stake, MPLA loses court battle, and UNITA warns on presidential terms](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-namibia-offered-lobito-refinery-stake-mpla-loses-court-battle-and-unita-warns-on-presidential-terms.md) - Angola and Namibia sign agreements. the Constitutional Court overturns an MPLA expulsion, and UNITA vows to block any presidential term extension
- [Accountability cannot wait for peace](https://www.zitamar.com/accountability-cannot-wait-for-peace.md) - The government’s concern for civilians in Cabo Delgado must extend to the conduct of its own forces and the protection of communities still exposed to attack
- [Angola Today: Fuel subsidies surge, MPLA wants Luanda back, and Angola tackles hidden company ownership](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-fuel-subsidies-surge-mpla-wants-luanda-back-and-angola-tackles-hidden-company-ownership.md) - The biggest news to break in Angola over the weekend and today
- [Protected until minerals are found](https://www.zitamar.com/protected-until-minerals-are-found-2.md) - Frelimo-linked interests can turn access to mineral rights into valuable partnerships, while conservation boundaries are moved out of their way
- [Angola Today: $20.2bn in direct awards, the $13bn asset hunt, and the autarquias deadlock](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-20-2bn-in-direct-awards-the-13bn-asset-hunt-and-the-autarquias-deadlock.md) - The Angola Briefing puts President Lourenço's assessment of Angola to the test, while the day's news raises its own questions about how the Angolan state spends money, recovers it and distributes power
- [Lourenço’s State of the Nation: better numbers, unresolved questions](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/lourencos-state-of-the-nation-better-numbers-unresolved-questions.md) - After nine years of João Lourenço, what did yesterday's State of the Nation tell us about where Angola actually stands — and the year leading to the 2027 election?
- [New minister, old debts](https://www.zitamar.com/new-minister-old-debts.md) - Chapo has replaced a minister who alienated teachers. His government still owes them payment and children a better education
- [Angola Today: UNITA calls Lourenço's rule a 'lost decade', BAI Europa searched in Portugal, and Angola blocks Namibian livestock](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-unita-calls-lourencos-rule-a-lost-decade-bai-europa-searched-in-portugal-and-angola-blocks-namibian-livestock.md) - The top stories from Angola ahead of João Lourenço's final State of the Nation address as president
- [Insurgents abduct civilians in Mocímboa da Praia, wound three in Chai](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-abduct-civilians-in-mocimboa-da-praia-wound-three-in-chai.md) - The abductees were reportedly freed after a ransom payment, while a family seeks answers over a young man’s detention by the navy
- [A toll gate on the food supply](https://www.zitamar.com/a-toll-gate-on-the-food-supply.md) - ICM’s new powers over agricultural trade could generate tens of millions of dollars in charges ultimately borne by consumers and producers
- [Angola Today: MPLA succession speculation grows, half of Angolans in poverty, and TAAG strike escalates](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-mpla-succession-speculation-grows-half-of-angolans-in-poverty-and-taag-strike-escalates.md) - A candid speech by senior MPLA figure Carlos Feijó has fuelled speculation about the ruling party's succession plans
- [Freedom, privately arranged](https://www.zitamar.com/freedom-privately-arranged.md) - A private deal brought three Niassa hostages home. The families of those still missing need more than appeals for calm
- [Angola Today: Lourenço's final pre-election address, Kz3.8tn budget overruns, and Sequele demolitions](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-lourencos-final-pre-election-address-kz3-8tn-budget-overruns-and-sequele-demolitions.md) - Will the president's last State of the Nation address reflect reality, rather than the aspiration of previous years?
- [Who pays for the ride](https://www.zitamar.com/who-pays-for-the-ride.md) - The government wants fares kept low but can no longer guarantee the compensation that holds them there
- [Angola Today: Tax authority's €8,000 candyfloss machines, inflation eases, and Angola's FAO bid](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-tax-authoritys-eur8-000-candyfloss-machines-inflation-eases-and-angolas-fao-bid.md) - What matters in Angola today — and why
- [The battle for Nacala](https://www.zitamar.com/the-battle-for-nacala.md) - The choice of a new port operator will test whether the government intends to confront the interests profiting from Mozambique’s northern gateway
- [Parties in the dock](https://www.zitamar.com/parties-in-the-dock.md) - Mozambique's parties increasingly ask the courts to settle disputes their own institutions cannot, but the courts do not answer them all alike
- [Angola Today: UNITA's youth wealth fund, press freedom under pressure, and a $570m dam](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-unitas-youth-wealth-fund-press-freedom-under-pressure-and-a-570m-dam.md) - What matters in Angola today — and why
- [Angola Today: Carneiro's MPLA challenge, stronger growth, and a $3bn asset hunt](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-today-carneiros-mpla-challenge-stronger-growth-and-a-3bn-asset-hunt.md) - What matters in Angola today — and why
- [Angola beyond Luanda: can the provinces keep more of the wealth they create?](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angola-beyond-luanda.md) - Economic activity, political power and public spending remain heavily concentrated in the capital. Francisco Paulo and Florindo Chivucute joined Fernando Lima to discuss what genuine decentralisation would require — and whether the Lobito Corridor could help create new centres of economic growth.
- [Credit for some, arrears for others](https://www.zitamar.com/credit-for-some-arrears-for-others.md) - Paying suppliers on time might be a better, if less eye-catching, way of stimulating the economy than establishing a new development bank
- [A $500m claim on the budget](https://www.zitamar.com/a-500m-claim-on-the-budget.md) - The Development Bank may attract additional finance, but its capital must first come from public money already under severe pressure
- [A $500m claim on the budget](https://www.zitamar.com/a-500m-claim-on-the-budget-2.md) - The Development Bank may attract additional finance, but its capital must first come from public money already under severe pressure
- [Mozambique Conflict Monitor (October Update)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-conflict-monitor-october-update.md) - Over August and September, Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) has increasingly targeted civilians in Mocímboa da Praia, Muidumbe, and Macomia districts
- [Three Niassa hunting camp workers freed after ransom paid to insurgents](https://www.zitamar.com/three-niassa-hunting-camp-workers-freed-after-ransom-paid-to-insurgents.md) - Seven others remain unaccounted for after the September raid, as sources report a private $53,000 payment to secure the workers’ release
- [Freeze first, ask later](https://www.zitamar.com/freeze-first-ask-later.md) - Banks can stop suspicious transactions without a court order. That may prevent fraud—but innocent customers need quick answers
- [The Lobito Corridor: Whose line is it anyway?](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/the-lobito-corridor-whose-line-is-it-anyway.md) - International financing is turning the Lobito Corridor into one of Angola’s flagship infrastructure projects. The next test is whether a railway designed around mineral exports can generate wider economic benefits for Angola
- [Austerity takes a back seat](https://www.zitamar.com/austerity-takes-a-back-seat.md) - The finance ministry stopped the Constitutional Council's car purchase within a day, but only after the public saw the bill
- [TotalEnergies eyes Mozambique LNG expansion as campaigners target shipping partners](https://www.zitamar.com/totalenergies-eyes-mozambique-lng-expansion-as-campaigners-target-shipping-partners.md) - Company considers retaining construction teams for Phase 2, while civil society groups target Japanese shipowners in latest bid to halt LNG development
- [Insurgents kill one and abduct 12 in overnight raid on Nangade village](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-kill-one-and-abduct-12-in-overnight-raid-on-nangade-village.md) - Attack on Mualela follows a week of insurgent movements and raids across Nangade district
- [The price of entry](https://www.zitamar.com/the-price-of-entry.md) - Frelimo's fight against vote-buying risks giving its leaders more control over who can stand
- [New Bank of Mozambique governor brings in export lending incentive, keeps rates unchanged](https://www.zitamar.com/new-bank-of-mozambique-governor-brings-in-export-lending-incentive-keeps-rates-unchanged.md) - First monetary policy decisions under new governor Navalha indicate willingness to support Chapo administration's industrial policy
- [Islamic State claims two killed as insurgents move across Cabo Delgado](https://www.zitamar.com/islamic-state-claims-two-killed-as-insurgents-move-across-cabo-delgado.md) - Insurgents abducted civilians in Mocímboa da Praia and looted a village in Nangade during the last week of September
- [Frelimo at the fuel tap](https://www.zitamar.com/frelimo-at-the-fuel-tap.md) - The head of the new state fuel procurement agency, ENAPP, comes with conflicts of interest that ought to be of serious concern
- [Former Frelimo business chief appointed to lead state fuel importer despite party’s fuel-storage interests](https://www.zitamar.com/former-frelimo-business-chief-appointed-to-lead-state-fuel-importer-despite-partys-fuel-storage-interests.md) - Vítor Timóteo spent years at the helm of Frelimo’s investment vehicle, SPI, which owns major fuel-storage terminals alongside Portugal’s Galp and Kuwait’s IPG
- [The wrong shortage](https://www.zitamar.com/the-wrong-shortage.md) - Credit may help farmers plant cotton, but their return and confidence in buyers will determine whether they stay
- [Who owns Angola?](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/who-owns-angola.md) - After years of privatisation, Angola’s economy is changing hands. Who are the new owners — and has PROPRIV broadened economic ownership or concentrated it among a new generation of powerful groups?
- [The state cannot escape its companies](https://www.zitamar.com/the-state-cannot-escape-its-companies.md) - Mozambique is seeking another IMF programme while public enterprises remain bound to the Treasury by debt, guarantees and unpaid bills
- [Investing in Angola: opportunity, reform and the reality on the ground](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/investing-in-angola-opportunity-reform-and-the-reality-on-the-ground.md) - Angolan economist Francisco Paulo and Angolan political analyst and consultant Claudio Silva join Fernando Lima for today's Angola Briefing, from Zitamar News
- [Ransom from the poor](https://www.zitamar.com/ransom-from-the-poor.md) - Conflict-linked abductions in northern Mozambique expose how unevenly the state protects its citizens
- [Insurgents accused of killing three and abducting 12 in Muidumbe and Macomia](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-accused-of-killing-three-and-abducting-12-in-muidumbe-and-macomia.md) - Five people were seized near Miangaleua and seven in Chai on Tuesday, while local sources say the insurgents are demanding MZN50,000 for each hostage
- [The revolutionary will not be televised](https://www.zitamar.com/the-revolutionary-will-not-be-televised.md) - By excluding cameras from Mondlane’s trial, the Supreme Court has surrendered a valuable defence against suspicions that the prosecution is political
- [Living in the World Bank’s pockets](https://www.zitamar.com/living-in-the-world-banks-pockets.md) - Mozambique’s taxes increasingly finance salaries and debt, leaving development partners to provide basic public services
- [Angola’s oil industry fights to hold the line](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/the-angola-briefing-an-oil-and-gas-special.md) - Can new discoveries and investment keep production above 1m barrels per day, and can Angola finally turn more of its hydrocarbons into domestic economic value? Economist Francisco Paulo and consultant Marisa Lourenço join Fernando Lima to discuss
- [The governor and the party](https://www.zitamar.com/the-governor-and-the-party.md) - Eduardo Abdula’s clash with Filipe Paúnde tests how much authority Frelimo will allow an elected provincial governor to exercise
- [The work behind the work](https://www.zitamar.com/the-work-behind-the-work.md) - New protections may formalise domestic employment for some workers while pushing others into more precarious arrangements
- [Angola’s Security Apparatus and the Battle for 2027](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angolas-security-apparatus.md) - Zitamar editor-at-large Fernando Lima is joined by Paula Roque, Executive Director of Intelwatch, to discuss recent changes across the armed forces, police and intelligence services, and the unresolved MPLA succession
- [Room on board](https://www.zitamar.com/room-on-board.md) - Coastal shipping is working in Mozambique, but obstacles still prevent it reaching its full potential
- [Insurgents kill local force member near Nangade-Palma border](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-kill-local-force-member-near-nangade-palma-border.md) - Insurgent activity rises in Nangade after period of relative calm
- [More than a corridor](https://www.zitamar.com/more-than-a-corridor.md) - Recent cases suggest that Mozambique is becoming more deeply embedded in the regional drugs economy
- [Impunity is the message](https://www.zitamar.com/impunity-is-the-message.md) - The failure to resolve attacks on government critics has become part of Mozambique’s political system
- [The Road to Angola's 2027 Elections: opposition divisions and an MPLA succession battle](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/the-road-to-angolas-2027-elections-618.md) - Opposition divisions deepen ahead of 2027 as Angola confronts food insecurity, major infrastructure spending and a changing banking sector.
- [A ban without authority](https://www.zitamar.com/a-ban-without-authority.md) - Fifteen deaths at Seis Carros expose not merely failed mining policy, but unanswered questions about who controls the site and benefits from it
- [Islamic State claims Niassa camp attack a week after the raid](https://www.zitamar.com/islamic-state-claims-niassa-camp-attack-a-week-after-the-raid.md) - IS news agency says insurgents burned a hunting camp, police post and other buildings in Marangira, but makes no mention of the people abducted
- [A narrowing banking system](https://www.zitamar.com/a-narrowing-banking-system.md) - Mozambique’s largest banks remain profitable, but lending is contracting and government debt no longer looks like a safe alternative
- [More than another meeting](https://www.zitamar.com/more-than-another-meeting.md) - Mozambique has begun responding to IMF criticism, but difficult questions over debt, the metical and state companies remain
- [Mozambique Conflict Monitor (September Update)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-conflict-monitor-se.md) - Islamic State Mozambique’s (ISM) 3 September attack on a tourist hunting camp in Niassa province is the group’s first foray into the province since May last year
- [A quota for Frelimo](https://www.zitamar.com/a-quota-for-frelimo.md) - Reserving agricultural projects for liberation veterans turns political ancestry into an economic entitlement Mozambique cannot afford
- [Workers reported killed at Niassa hunting camp are alive in insurgent hands, sources say](https://www.zitamar.com/workers-reported-killed-at-niassa-hunting-camp-are-alive-in-insurgent-hands-sources-say.md) - Security forces found no bodies at the burned Mozambique Wildlife Adventures camp near Marangira, while residents saw three employees being marched away
- [Niassa’s outsourced front line](https://www.zitamar.com/niassas-outsourced-front-line.md) - Two people were killed at Marangira, in an attack that exposed the state’s dependence on the hunting industry for security in western Niassa
- [Angola’s business climate: confidence returns, constraints remain](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angolas-business-climate-confidence.md) - New investment and international banking links signal progress, while higher tolls and tougher compliance rules test companies on the ground
- [Counting what Mozambique produces](https://www.zitamar.com/counting-what-mozambique-produces.md) - The government cannot transform agriculture and industry without knowing the economy it is starting from
- [Americans airlifted out of Niassa hunting camp after suspected insurgent attack kills two](https://www.zitamar.com/americans-airlifted-out-of-niassa-hunting-camp-after-suspected-insurgent-attack-kills-two.md) - Three American hunters flown out by helicopter after camp beside Marangira town is looted and burned; 13 workers still missing
- [An independent governor?](https://www.zitamar.com/an-independent-governor.md) - Felisberto Navalha must guard his and the Bank of Mozambique’s independence while ideally pulling in the same direction as the government
- [One day, two new governors](https://www.zitamar.com/one-day-two-new-governors.md) - Reversing Waldemar de Sousa’s appointment to head the Mozambique’s central bank was necessary, but the rush to replace him provides little reassurance about Chapo’s selection process
- [Chapo revokes central bank governor appointment amid ‘hidden debts’ accusation storm](https://www.zitamar.com/chapo-revokes-central-bank-governor-appointment-amid-hidden-debts-accusation-storm.md) - Waldemar de Sousa appointment revoked in less than 24 hours amid protests that he is still facing accusations of having approved $2bn illegal state-backed borrowing
- [A trial with no easy winner](https://www.zitamar.com/a-trial-with-no-easy-winner.md) - Prosecuting Venâncio Mondlane may strengthen the opposition leader more than it weakens him
- [Waldemar de Sousa named new Bank of Mozambique governor](https://www.zitamar.com/waldemar-de-sousa-named-new-bank-of-mozambique-governor.md) - Former central bank director replaces Rogerio Zandamela who has spent a decade in the top job
- [Powered by dividends](https://www.zitamar.com/powered-by-dividends.md) - EDM's profit last year came from its Cahora Bassa dividends rather than from selling electricity. That income is holding up the accounts while the push for power by 2030 stalls
- [Angola’s election-year spending dilemma](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angolas-election-year-spending-dilemma.md) - The latest Angola Briefing from Zitamar News tackles the prospects for Angola's economy as we head into an election year
- [The fight for Frelimo begins](https://www.zitamar.com/the-fight-for-frelimo-begins.md) - Who will end up controlling the party?
- [The First Lady's invisible partners](https://www.zitamar.com/the-first-ladys-invisible-partners.md) - Gueta Chapo wants the ruling party's women's wing to pay its own way. She has never explained who funds it, or who funds her, and that silence is the story
- [Cheap at the price](https://www.zitamar.com/cheap-at-the-price.md) - Chinese firms are accumulating graphite assets across northern Mozambique, weakening the country’s leverage over a mineral the West wants outside China
- [A new era without a reckoning](https://www.zitamar.com/a-new-era-without-a-reckoning.md) - Chapo wants to remove Frelimo’s rotten fruit without examining the tree that produced it
- [The coast the state is losing](https://www.zitamar.com/the-coast-the-state-is-losing.md) - Frelimo's cadres meet in Chimoio this week. On the Cabo Delgado coast, it is the insurgents who are collecting the taxes
- [Processing intentions](https://www.zitamar.com/processing-intentions.md) - New mining requirements promise greater domestic benefits, but their practical meaning remains unclear
- [Islamic State insurgents retreat from edge of Niassa reserve](https://www.zitamar.com/islamic-state-insurgents-retreat-from-edge-of-niassa-reserve.md) - Militants who reached the buffer zone of the Niassa Special Reserve in late July have pulled south and east along the Messalo River, easing fears of a push into Niassa province
- [Counted, not recovered](https://www.zitamar.com/counted-not-recovered.md) - More investigations mean little if lost public money isn’t recovered and audit findings produce no administrative or disciplinary response
- [The case for talking](https://www.zitamar.com/the-case-for-talking.md) - Nine years of military containment have not ended Cabo Delgado’s insurgency. A UN expert has put the option Maputo avoids on the table
- [The unreformed police](https://www.zitamar.com/the-unreformed-police.md) - Quelimane shows that Mozambique’s police remain unprepared for democratic competition
- [A convenient enemy](https://www.zitamar.com/a-convenient-enemy.md) - Illegal logging, mining and trafficking are blamed on the insurgency, but the main enablers are corruption and a state that chooses not to see
- [Angola’s Foreign Policy: Balancing Old Partners and New Opportunities](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/angolas-foreign-policy-balancing.md) - Luanda is drawing closer to the US and Europe while keeping China central and Russia at the table
- [The democratic deficit enshrined in law](https://www.zitamar.com/the-democratic-deficit-enshrined-in-law.md) - Nuvunga overstates the legal case over Gaza, but exposes a system built to keep elected office under party control
- [The right buyer for the job](https://www.zitamar.com/the-right-buyer-for-the-job.md) - The state is seeking an investor only after years of allowing the telecoms operator to decay
- [Insurgents abduct dozens of fishermen off Macomia coast](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-abduct-dozens-of-fishermen-off-macomia-coast.md) - The insurgents appear to have sought a hostage-for-prisoner exchange rather than the cash ransom demanded in previous abductions
- [A sweetener, not a blank cheque](https://www.zitamar.com/a-sweetener-not-a-blank-cheque.md) - The state is squeezing taxpayers and borrowing for basic services while concealing who receives billions in fiscal privileges
- [Mozambique Conflict Monitor (August Update)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-conflict-monitor-august-update.md) - State forces operations in Macomia district’s Catupa forest area have put Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) under pressure
- [Decentralisation on a donor budget](https://www.zitamar.com/decentralisation-on-a-donor-budget.md) - Mozambique keeps expanding municipal government without deciding who pays for it
- [A quiet takeover](https://www.zitamar.com/a-quiet-takeover.md) - Across northern Mozambique, independent community radios are passing into state hands, with too little attention from the organisations capable of stopping it
- [The Road to Angola's 2027 Elections: Who controls the party, the vote and the economy?](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/the-road-to-angolas-2027-elections.md) - Zitamar's Angola Briefing for 6 August 2026
- [Transparency is becoming harder to avoid](https://www.zitamar.com/transparency-is-becoming-harder-to-avoid.md) - More public accounts are being published, but disclosure is only the first test of accountability
- [The cashew rules are the easy part](https://www.zitamar.com/the-cashew-rules-are-the-easy-part.md) - Whether Mozambique's new cashew regulation means anything depends on customs, and on stopping raw nuts from leaving under-declared, above all at Nacala
- [LNG training dispute tests the meaning of national unity](https://www.zitamar.com/lng-training-dispute-tests-the-meaning-of-national-unity.md) - Should Cabo Delgado's gas benefit Cabo Delgado more than the rest of the country?
- [Cabo Delgado insurgents clash with troops at edge of Mozambique's Niassa reserve](https://www.zitamar.com/cabo-delgado-insurgents-clash-with-troops-at-edge-of-mozambiques-niassa-reserve.md) - Westward push brings insurgents to the reserve's buffer zone, raising fears of an incursion into Niassa province
- [Mozambique’s cereal deficit is also a credit deficit](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambiques-cereal-deficit-is-also-a-credit-deficit.md) - A strategic cereal reserve is not a substitute for a commercially viable domestic farming industry
- [Zitamar Daily Briefing, 31 July 2026](https://www.zitamar.com/zitamar-daily-briefing-31-july-2026.md) - Closing out the month with important updates from Cabo Delgado and beyond
- [Insurgent attacks spread across Cabo Delgado after battle for Catupa](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgent-attacks-spread-across-cabo-delgado-after-battle-for-catupa.md) - Fighters have raided villages and mining areas over recent weeks, causing insecurity to spread through Cabo Delgado
- [Gemfields joint venture seeks buyer for Cabo Delgado licences after security suspension](https://www.zitamar.com/gemfields-joint-venture-seeks-buyer-for-cabo-delgado-licences-after-security-suspension.md) - A portfolio of gold and mineral licences near Nairoto has been put up for sale after insurgent attacks forced the evacuation of personnel
- [Nudges toward dialogue in Cabo Delgado](https://www.zitamar.com/nudges-toward-dialogue-in-cabo-delgado.md) - Issue 701 of Joseph Hanlon's Mozambique News Reports and Clippings covers two recent think tank interventions in favour of dialogue with the Cabo Delgado insurgency. Newsletter published on 28 July 2026
- [Unitel goes dark, oil output falls, and a year on from Luanda unrest](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/unitel-goes-dark-oil-output-falls.md) - Zitamar's Angola Briefing from 30 July 2026
- [The high price of stability](https://www.zitamar.com/the-high-price-of-stability.md) - Rogério Zandamela leaves office having restored the authority of the Bank of Mozambique. Whether he strengthened the wider economy is a much harder case to make
- [TotalEnergies and Sumitomo withdraw from 1.5 GW Mphanda Nkuwa project](https://www.zitamar.com/totalenergies-and-sumitomo-withdraw-from-1-5-gw-mphanda-nkuwa-project.md) - French and Japanese partners leave project but government insists it remains on track
- [Insurgents clash with government forces in Quissanga](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-clash-with-government-forces-in-quissanga.md) - Wednesday's firefight in Tapara may be the first armed clash between insurgents and government forces in Quissanga in well over a year
- [Who is building the Beira Corridor?](https://www.zitamar.com/who-is-building-the-beira-corridor.md) - The modernisation of Machipanda is welcome. But the growing concentration of strategic logistics projects in the hands of a single consortium deserves closer attention
- [When criticism becomes a crime](https://www.zitamar.com/when-criticism-becomes-a-crime.md) - Arresting people over social media posts may protect the president's dignity, but does little to rebuild trust between citizens and the state
- [Insurgents step up attacks in Cabo Delgado following battle for Catupa](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-step-up-attacks-in-cabo-delgado-following-battle-for-catupa.md) - Insurgents split into several groups, raiding villages and gold mines and threatening movement on the two main roads linking the north and south of the province
- [Who is selling Mozambique's flag?](https://www.zitamar.com/who-is-selling-mozambiques-flag.md) - The attack on the tanker Disha is not Mozambique's fault. But it is Mozambique's problem
- [Beware the ‘enemies of peace and unity’](https://www.zitamar.com/beware-the-enemies-of-peace-and-unity.md) - President Chapo’s strident condemnation of his political opponents takes Mozambique further away from the reconciliation he claims to want
- [MPLA succession, rising debt, Lobito and Russian spies - the new Angola Briefing from Zitamar News](https://www.zitamar.com/angola/mpla-succession-rising-debt-lobito.md) - A new product bringing intelligent news from Angola for a professional audience
- [Gaza governor forced out by Frelimo chiefs](https://www.zitamar.com/gaza-governor-forced-out-by-frelimo-chiefs.md) - Margarida Mapanzene becomes the first provincial governor to resign under President Daniel Chapo, amid an ongoing corruption scandal in Gaza
- [Conservation needs more than new concessions](https://www.zitamar.com/conservation-needs-more-than-new-concessions.md) - Mozambique is right to see its national parks as economic assets. But attracting five times more tourism revenue will require more than changing the law
- [A nation deserves better monuments](https://www.zitamar.com/a-nation-deserves-better-monuments.md) - Chimoio's Josina Machel statue is the latest in a series of questionable national monuments raised in Mozambique
- [A cleaner balance sheet is not a turnaround](https://www.zitamar.com/a-cleaner-balance-sheet-is-not-a-turnaround.md) - Mozambique's state-owned companies are finally confronting years of accumulated debt — but accounting fixes should not be confused with operational recovery
- [Shared language, shared values?](https://www.zitamar.com/shared-language-shared-values.md) - A diplomatic spat raises an awkward question for the Portuguese-speaking world
- [Mozambique cannot afford to fear urbanisation](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-cannot-afford-to-fear-urbanisation.md) - Cities are growing faster than the government can build them, but slowing rural migration is not the answer
- [Breaking the silence is only the first step](https://www.zitamar.com/breaking-the-silence-is-only-the-first-step.md) - Mozambique's first national conference on transitional justice marks an important political shift. The harder question is whether it will lead to accountability as well as dialogue
- [Mozambique turns to Exxon for gas to fuel 400MW Palma power plant](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-turns-to-exxon-for-gas-to-fuel-400mw-palma-power-plant.md) - Plan for major power plant next to the LNG projects in Cabo Delgado represents Mozambique’s latest bid to find a use for its domestic market allocation
- [One gate for fuel](https://www.zitamar.com/one-gate-for-fuel.md) - A new state company will become the sole agent for Mozambique’s fuel imports. It answers a genuine problem — while handing the government a powerful new lever
- [Public money demands public accountability](https://www.zitamar.com/public-money-demands-public-accountability.md) - Controversy over an audit into public broadcaster TVM’s accounts misses the point, but may yet kick off an important debate
- [Galp arbitration puts Mozambique's tax rules on trial](https://www.zitamar.com/galp-arbitration-puts-mozambiques-tax-rules-on-trial.md) - The dispute is less about the tax rate than what counts as taxable profit when extractive assets change hands
- [South Africa remains many Mozambicans’ best bet for work](https://www.zitamar.com/south-africa-remains-many-mozambicans-best-bet-for-work.md) - The rush for brown passports shows that xenophobic violence has not changed the economic reality drawing Mozambicans across the border
- [Gas should pay for Mozambique's future, not define it](https://www.zitamar.com/gas-should-pay-for-mozambiques-future-not-define-it.md) - Mozambique no longer needs to ask whether gas can transform the country. The more important question is what the country does with the money it generates
- [Parliament needs to ask the right questions in Cabo Delgado](https://www.zitamar.com/parliament-needs-to-ask-the-right-questions-in-cabo-delgado.md) - A parliamentary committee has deemed the counterinsurgency campaign legal, but should scrutinise closely how it is being fought
- [An economy waiting to happen](https://www.zitamar.com/an-economy-waiting-to-happen.md) - Mozambique's leaders are talking about jobs, universities and LNG. The latest economic data suggest the more immediate challenge is simply getting the economy moving again
- [Islamic State claims to have retaken Catupa base after government offensive](https://www.zitamar.com/islamic-state-claims-to-have-retaken-catupa-base-after-government-offensive.md) - Insurgents say they killed 11 government soldiers and recaptured the strategic base days after Mozambican and Rwandan forces reportedly seized it
- [More than a trade fair](https://www.zitamar.com/more-than-a-trade-fair.md) - Chapo's visit to Tanzania underlines a relationship that is becoming increasingly important for both Mozambique's security and its economy
- [Mozambique takes the fight to the insurgents](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-takes-the-fight-to-the-insurgents.md) - As government forces push deeper into insurgent-held territory, insurgents continue to demonstrate their ability to strike key transport routes
- [When conservation becomes political](https://www.zitamar.com/when-conservation-becomes-political.md) - The dismissal of two game-farm managers in Gaza over blocked access roads highlights how difficult it remains to balance conservation, investment and community rights, especially when valuable land is involved
- [Insurgents ambush military-led convoy on Mocímboa-Muidumbe border](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-ambush-military-led-convoy-on-mocimboa-muidumbe-border.md) - The incident prompted clashes between insurgents and security forces as Local Forces detain suspected insurgents in Muidumbe
- [One election, one opportunity for fraud](https://www.zitamar.com/one-election-one-opportunity-for-fraud.md) - Holding Mozambique's municipal and general elections together might save money. It could also make it easier to manipulate the outcome
- [Taking the fight back to Catupa](https://www.zitamar.com/taking-the-fight-back-to-catupa.md) - An offensive this week to recapture the insurgent stronghold of Catupa shows that Mozambique and Rwanda are trying to regain the initiative in Cabo Delgado
- [South32 finds new owner for aluminium plants — except Mozal](https://www.zitamar.com/south32-finds-new-owner-for-aluminium-plants-except-mozal.md) - Alcoa’s multi-billion dollar purchase of the Australian group’s aluminium portfolio leaves Mozal's future unresolved, as South32 retains Mozambique smelter
- [Dialogue alone will not bring Cabo Delgado back](https://www.zitamar.com/dialogue-alone-will-not-bring-cabo-delgado-back.md) - President Daniel Chapo has called on insurgents to join a “civilised” dialogue. But first the state must show communities that it offers a more convincing future than the insurgents do
- [Building infrastructure is only half the job](https://www.zitamar.com/building-infrastructure-is-only-half-the-job.md) - Maputo needs better roads, drainage and sanitation. But Mozambique also needs to become much better at delivering them quickly.
- [Fuel queues are back because Mozambique still has no fuel fix](https://www.zitamar.com/fuel-queues-are-back-because-mozambique-still-has-no-fuel-fix.md) - There is fuel in storage, but price controls, bank guarantees and foreign-exchange shortages are again keeping it from the pumps
- [Zitamar Cabo Delgado update, 26 June 2026](https://www.zitamar.com/zitamar-cabo-delgado-update-26-june-2026.md) - Zitamar’s new regular newsletter providing updates on the conflict in northern Mozambique
- [Insurgents attack Namabo military position in Macomia](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-attack-namabo-military-position-in-macomia.md) - At least five soldiers killed in overnight attack on Namabo position, Islamic State claims
- [Mozambique’s steel test in South Africa](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambiques-steel-test-in-south-africa.md) - A provisional South African duty on steel pipes from Mozambique shows what happens when regional industrialisation starts to compete with South African manufacturers
- [Eni tests market for larger third floating LNG platform](https://www.zitamar.com/eni-tests-market-for-larger-third-floating-lng-platform.md) - The third FLNG platform on the Rovuma Basin’s Coral field will be significantly larger than the existing Coral Sul and the forthcoming Coral Norte
- [Nine feared dead after Mozambican navy boat sinks off Cabo Delgado](https://www.zitamar.com/nine-feared-dead-after-mozambican-navy-boat-sinks-off-cabo-delgado.md) - Two sailors survived after a naval vessel capsized between Matemo and Ibo islands during rough weather, while a separate shipwreck near Vamizi Island claimed two civilian lives
- [Airport company’s profit exposes Mozambique’s public-company debt chain](https://www.zitamar.com/airport-companys-profit-exposes-mozambiques-public-company-debt-chain.md) - When state companies owe each other money, who actually pays?
- [Mozambique talks diversification, but still looks to gas](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-talks-diversification-but-still-looks-to-gas.md) - President Chapo understands that Mozambique needs more than gas, but the LNG projects still dominate the discourse
- [Cabo Delgado needs watching as LNG machinery restarts](https://www.zitamar.com/cabo-delgado-needs-watching-as-lng-machinery-restarts.md) - Cabo Delgado’s LNG projects are moving again, while the conflict continues to shift around them. Zitamar is tracking both sides of the story
- [LNG projects issue flurry of tenders as activity ramps up in Cabo Delgado](https://www.zitamar.com/lng-projects-issue-flurry-of-tenders-as-activity-ramps-up-in-cabo-delgado.md) - Procurement notices signal renewed activity around both LNG projects on the Afungi peninsula, despite ongoing security issues in Cabo Delgado province
- [Insurgents regroup in Quissanga after southern incursion](https://www.zitamar.com/insurgents-regroup-in-quissanga-after-southern-incursion.md) - Insurgents are likely making their way back toward their traditional stronghold of Macomia district
- [Mozal needs a business model, not just a rescue](https://www.zitamar.com/mozal-needs-a-business-model-not-just-a-rescue.md) - If a new structure aligns electricity, ownership and profit, it preserves Mozambique’s vital industrial asset; if it hides a subsidy, Mozal’s rescue only postpones crisis
- [Revealed: Unpublished UN report implicates workers on TotalEnergies-led project in sexual exploitation and Mozambique's military in sexual violence](https://www.zitamar.com/revealed-unpublished-un-report-implicates-workers-on-totalenergies-led-project-in-sexual-exploitation-and-mozambiques-military-in-sexual-violence.md) - Mozambican soldiers have been accused of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Cabo Delgado, while staff working on TotalEnergies’ LNG project allegedly coerced women into sex, according to interviews and an unpublished UN report obtained by Forbidden Stories
- [Road safety starts before the police arrive](https://www.zitamar.com/road-safety-starts-before-the-police-arrive.md) - Mozambique’s new Road Code is welcome, but deaths in Tete yesterday show the danger of leaving transport systems informal until enforcement becomes confrontation
- [Mozambique Conflict Monitor (1-14 June 2026)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-conflict-monitor-18-31-may-2026-2.md) - After two months in southern Cabo Delgado, Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) insurgents have begun to return to bases in Macomia
- [Mozambique Conflict Monitor (1-14 June 2026)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-conflict-monitor-1-14-june-2026.md) - After two months in southern Cabo Delgado, Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) insurgents have begun to return to bases in Macomia
- [Bring the corridor economy home](https://www.zitamar.com/bring-the-corridor-economy-home.md) - A new concession for the N4 highway is an opportunity to capture more value for Mozambique
- [Frelimo cannot take Gaza for granted](https://www.zitamar.com/frelimo-cannot-take-gaza-for-granted.md) - As Anamola takes shape, Frelimo is preparing its strongest province for a tougher electoral cycle
- [Fuel is driving Mozambique’s inflation divide](https://www.zitamar.com/fuel-is-driving-mozambiques-inflation-divide.md) - Maputo’s relative resilience masks sharper pressure in provinces where food, fuel and transport costs are rising together
- [Mototáxis reveal the real cost of Mozambique’s fuel crisis](https://www.zitamar.com/mototaxis-reveal-the-real-cost-of-mozambiques-fuel-crisis.md) - For many Mozambicans outside Maputo, mototáxis are transport, employment and survival. Fuel shortages and black-market prices are now squeezing all three
- [Mozambique’s salvation will come at a price](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambiques-salvation-will-come-at-a-price.md) - Chapo is buying time with the World Bank, IMF and LNG partners
- [In Mozambique, the regime imposes a blackout on journalists](https://www.zitamar.com/in-mozambique-the-regime-imposes-a-blackout-on-journalists.md) - Across Mozambique, journalists face pressure, intimidation, and disappearances
- [Niassa row exposes growing threat to Mozambique’s conservation areas](https://www.zitamar.com/niassa-row-exposes-growing-threat-to-mozambiques-conservation-areas.md) - Niassa’s secretary of state Silva Livone’s declarations shows disregard for due process and propensity for spectacle
- [A campaign of disappearances: Inside the killings, abductions and surveillance of Mozambique’s government critics](https://www.zitamar.com/a-campaign-of-disappearances-inside-the-killings-abductions-and-surveillance-of-mozambiques-government-critics.md) - Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique since the 2024 general elections
- [The murder of a bishop cannot become just another killing](https://www.zitamar.com/the-murder-of-a-bishop-cannot-become-just-another-killing.md) - The murder of Dom Osório Citora Afonso would be shocking in any country, but in Mozambique it is both shocking, and shockingly normal
- [Donor support cannot and will not replace state capacity](https://www.zitamar.com/donor-support-cannot-and-will-not-replace-state-capacity.md) - Mozambique’s European partners are not leaving, but their latest interventions show a determination to shift responsibility back onto Mozambican institutions
- [Mozambique enters IMF talks from a weak position](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-enters-imf-talks-from-a-weak-position.md) - The IMF’s gloomy forecast has exposed the weakness in Mozambique’s recovery just as debate over a new programme turns political
- [Anamola is ready to replace Renamo](https://www.zitamar.com/anamola-is-ready-to-replace-renamo.md) - Venâncio Mondlane’s party is moving into Renamo territory while Mozambique’s old opposition party fights yesterday’s internal battles
- [Mozambique Conflict Monitor (18-31 May 2026)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-conflict-monitor-18-31-may-2026.md) - On 25 May, Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) was able to fire mortars at a Mozambican military position on the edges of Macomia, illustrating how fragile the town’s security is
- [Nampula’s governor needs help to take on drug networks](https://www.zitamar.com/nampulas-governor-needs-help-to-take-on-drug-networks.md) - Governor Eduardo Abdula looks determined to take on the mafia plaguing his province, but determination will not be enough
- [The cost of a scattered countryside](https://www.zitamar.com/the-cost-of-a-scattered-countryside.md) - Mozambique’s dispersed rural population makes it harder and more expensive to deliver services, infrastructure, and opportunity
- [Getting Mozambique moving](https://www.zitamar.com/getting-mozambique-moving.md) - Opening the rail network to private operators and reviving coastal shipping point to a more pragmatic transport policy
- [Mozambique’s grey-list risk now sits in the courts](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambiques-grey-list-risk-now-sits-in-the-courts.md) - Mozambique has escaped the FATF grey list, but staying off it will require more than bank paperwork and high-profile arrests
- [Armed men target villagers and traders in Macomia Attacks](https://www.zitamar.com/armed-men-target-villagers-and-traders-in-macomia-attacks.md) - Four incidents in the Macomia district over the last two weeks have exposed state failure to provide security
- [Mozambique needs more from its megaprojects](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-needs-more-from-its-megaprojects.md) - Falling revenue from large projects shows the limits of relying on commodity exports alone. The bigger prize is to use gas, minerals and power to build industry at home
- [Monetary policy actions speak louder than words](https://www.zitamar.com/monetary-policy-actions-speak-louder-than-words.md) - Central bank governor Rogério Zandamela painted a picture of an economy under control, but concerning realities are there for all to see
- [Mozambique’s bread protection test](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambiques-bread-protection-test.md) - Restricting bread imports may save foreign exchange and help local industry, but the government still has to show that consumers will not pay the price
- [Mozambique’s missing agricultural strategy](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambiques-missing-agricultural-strategy.md) - Mozambique cultivates less than a fifth of its arable land, yet agriculture receives less strategic urgency and consistency than mining and extractives
- [42 Naparama fighters buried in mass grave after Chiúre massacre](https://www.zitamar.com/42-naparama-fighters-buried-in-mass-grave-after-chiure-massacre.md) - Traditional militia without firearms pursued insurgents who had attacked a village in Chiúre district
- [The fuel crisis behind the fuel crisis](https://www.zitamar.com/the-fuel-crisis-behind-the-fuel-crisis.md) - Government interventions may have eased fuel queues, but Mozambique is still in search of a long-term solution
- [Rwanda says Mozambique will pay; Mozambique says nothing](https://www.zitamar.com/rwanda-says-mozambique-will-pay-mozambique-says-nothing.md) - Rwanda is staying in Cabo Delgado, but the financing behind its deployment is as mysterious as ever

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