> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.zitamar.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Zitamar Week in Review, 17-25 May 2025 - URL: https://www.zitamar.com/zitamar-week-in-review-17-25-may-2025/ - Published: 2025-05-27T08:37:50.000Z - Updated: 2025-05-27T08:37:50.000Z - Description: Rescued Niassa ranger tells his story; Zimbabwean journalists who voted in Mozambique election tell their story - Author: Tom Bowker - Tags: Weekly Review, Newsletter, General Elections 2024, Zimbabwe, Niassa Special Reserve, Mariri, Mozambique's Northern Insurgency Hello and welcome to Zitamar’s free weekly newsletter — delayed, but worth the wait. Yesterday afternoon we published our exclusive interview with Mário Cristovão, the wildlife ranger from Niassa Special Reserve who spent days hiding in the bush with shattered legs following the insurgent attack on the Mariri conservation centre. Now in hospital in Maputo, he told *Zitamar*’s reporters last week how he fended off a curious hyena while using his elbows to crawl in search of shade until he was finally rescued. It’s quite a story. [A drone, an ambush, and a hyena: Niassa ranger Mário Cristovão recounts his dramatic survivalWhen on 29 April rangers from the Mariri conservation camp went to investigate suspicious behaviour, they were greeted with a hail of bullets on their return![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/Zitamar-logo-1400x1400-1-203.jpg)Zitamar NewsAlexandre Nhampossa![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/image_2025-05-26_165804881.png)](https://www.zitamar.com/a-drone-an-ambush-and-a-hyena-niassa-ranger-mario-cristovao-recounts-his-dramatic-survival/) Below, you’ll find the usual highlights from last week in *Zitamar News*. But before we go we also wanted to point you to a piece of investigative journalism published in the pan-African newspaper The Continent at the weekend, showing how Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu-PF, registered Zimbabweans to vote in Mozambique’s elections last year, helping tilt the playing field even further in favour of Frelimo, which was of course ultimately awarded victory by the Mozambican election authorities. [Zimbabwe’s ruling party recruited people to vote – in Mozambique’s electionAhead of last year’s Mozambican election, Zanu-PF dished out fake IDs to its supporters, with clear instructions to vote for the incumbents next door. Some of them were actually undercover reporters.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/https-3A-2F-2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2F56317fb0-14e7-46c4-b76a-c4d640e0a32c-2Fapple-touch-icon-180x180.png)The ContinentThe Continent![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/https-3A-2F-2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2F1756a240-f049-403d-ae5f-21947dba9f25_1200x722.jpeg)](https://open.substack.com/pub/continent/p/zimbabwes-ruling-party-recruited) A group of Zimbabwean journalists went undercover to register for Mozambican voter ID cards, and even to use them on voting day, to prove it could be, and was, done. Again — quite a story. Paying subscribers receive our exclusive reporting and analysis of news from around Mozambique every day. Please consider joining them if you have not done so already. [Subscribe today](https://www.zitamar.com/#/portal/signup) ## **Week in Review** ### **Monday** [Old habits die hardDaniel Chapo has continued his predecessors’ ways of banning opposition protests, while welcoming pro-Frelimo demonstrations![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/Zitamar-logo-1400x1400-1-196.jpg)Zitamar NewsZitamar News![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/2025-05-19-10.45.15.jpg)](https://www.zitamar.com/old-habits-die-hard/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/2025/05/image.png) ### **Tuesday** [Mozambique LNG takes a step forwardTotalEnergies says it is ready to restart work but insists that lifting force majeure depends on the government![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/Zitamar-logo-1400x1400-1-197.jpg)Zitamar NewsZitamar News![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/2025-05-20-09.39.37.jpg)](https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-lng-takes-a-step-forward/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/2025/05/image-1.png) ### **Wednesday** [Dialogue is in the airThe government is making encouraging moves towards opposition voices, but it remains to be seen if the ruling party can find an accommodation with Venâncio Mondlane![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/Zitamar-logo-1400x1400-1-198.jpg)Zitamar NewsZitamar News![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/2025-05-21-09.52.24.jpg)](https://www.zitamar.com/dialogue-is-in-the-air/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/2025/05/image-2.png) ### **Thursday** [Hard labourA lack of opportunities at home forces Mozambicans to seek sometimes exploitative work abroad![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/Zitamar-logo-1400x1400-1-199.jpg)Zitamar NewsZitamar News![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/2025-05-22-10.14.22.jpg)](https://www.zitamar.com/hard-labour/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/2025/05/image-3.png) ### **Friday** [Fuelling cycles of insecurityThe government is struggling to enforce order amid competing interests in poor areas sitting on rich resources![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/icon/Zitamar-logo-1400x1400-1-200.jpg)Zitamar NewsZitamar News![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/thumbnail/2025-05-23-12.43.56.jpg)](https://www.zitamar.com/fuelling-cycles-of-insecurity/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f8/24/f824d293-9bb2-4c56-8f85-7a9e686fb0d9/content/images/2025/05/image-4.png)