Vol 55 No 2 | MOZAMBIQUE Take me to your leader 24th January 2014 The gas bonanza raises the stakes in this year’s elections; Frelimo’s choice for the presidency will show how it wants to run the country All eyes are on President Armando Guebuza’s next move in the run-up to the general elections on 15 October. Unable to stand himself, he is determined to have...
Vol 54 No 25 | MOZAMBIQUE Obrigado Graça 12th December 2013 Calls are growing for Graça Machel to stand for president. To many of her fellow Mozambicans, the idea is both appealing and logical. Her husband, Nelson Mandela, has...
Vol 54 No 24 | MOZAMBIQUE Frelimo unnerved 26th November 2013 The governing party won the polls but the MDM shows signs of growing into a serious political challenge The governing Frente de Libertação de Moçambique and President Armando Guebuza emerged from the local elections on 20 November still in power nationwide. Yet cracks have appeared. Some...
Vol 54 No 23 | MOZAMBIQUE Alarm over new debts 14th November 2013 After the cancellation of much foreign debt, the government has embarked on a commercial borrowing spree The government is on a credit binge and is taking on billions of dollars’ worth of loans. Its new-found creditworthiness is based on wealth from mineral resources and...
Vol 54 No 23 | MOZAMBIQUE Abductions fuel anxiety 14th November 2013 Police officers and their accomplices may be behind the current wave of kidnapping, private sector security sources have told Africa Confidential. The abductions are fuelling public anxiety over...
Vol 54 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUE The mystery ship deal 23rd October 2013 Why is a new company linked to the security services spending over 300 million euro on a tuna fishing fleet and a mini-navy? As tensions rise in Mozambique following rebel leader Afonso Dhlakama's abrogation on 21 October of the 1992 peace deal, more questions are being asked about the government's opaque...
Vol 54 No 22 | MOZAMBIQUE Renamo and Frelimo back to the fray 29th October 2013 The violence stems from quarrels between leaders, not popular grievances, but the situation could spiral out of control The unilateral decision by the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana to abrogate the 1992 General Peace Agreement with the Frente de Libertação Moçambicana may not critically threaten long-term stability but...
Vol 54 No 20 | MOZAMBIQUE Tender mercies 3rd October 2013 Insisting that major infrastructure contracts go to competitive tender has got Transport and Communications Minister Paulo Zucula the sack, say senior political sources. President Armando Guebuza moved him...
Vol 54 No 18 | MOZAMBIQUE Frelimo may compromise 6th September 2013 Renamo’s campaign for a bigger slice of public life has little support but Frelimo seems unable to capitalise on that and may make concessions As the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique’s armed stand-off continues with the opposition Resistência Nacional Mocambicana (Renamo), Frelimo is beginning to worry about the impact on the coming...
Vol 54 No 17 | MOZAMBIQUE Renamo ramps up the pressure 15th August 2013 Disgruntled Renamo rebels are using force and threats of economic disruption to get their demands on the table The violent stand-off between President Armando Guebuza's government and the former Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) rebels, now entering its sixth month, looks increasingly intractable. The latest round of...