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Mozambique
Cabo Delgado: Defence Minister Jaime Neto knocks on Macron's door in Paris

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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 Filipe Nyusi has been prompted to seek foreign help. [...]

French Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and Jaime Neto in February 2020. © Jean-Yves Le Drian/Twitter

Isolated over the insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Maputo habours hopes that France could come to its aid. [...]

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“Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare”

Mozambique

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

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Atanasio Salvador Mtumuke
Covid-19
Dyck Advisory Group
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Filipe Nyusi
Florence Parly
Jaime Neto
Jean-Yves le Drian
Joao Gomes Cravinho
Joao Lourenco
John Magufuli
Omar Seranga
SISE
Southern African Development Community

Mozambique, Russia
Russian miners play a part in Moscow's humanitarian diplomacy

As it struggles to establish robust cooperation with southern African countries, despite Moscow's historical ties with the region, Russia is relying heavily on the networks and finances of locally based miners.

Subscribers only Mining, Business, Diplomacy 19.07.2021

Mozambique
Maputo finalises Cabo Delgado wish list

After an encouraging trip to Paris, President Filipe Nyusi is hoping French and Portuguese leaders will supply military vehicles.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.06.2021

Mozambique
Cabo Delgado: Nyusi still prefers private military to EU assistance

Portugal would like to somehow get involved in military operations in Cabo Delgado, as would France, which wants to defend Total's interests there. But President Filipe Nyusi is refusing any such foreign state participation and is exclusively relying on the Dyck Advisory Group

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.09.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique
Heroin now Total's chief security challenge in Cabo Delgado

The French major has decided to help Mozambique tackle rampant drug trafficking in gas-rich Cabo Delgado, where narcotics fund Islamist insurgents.

Subscribers only Energy 11.09.2020

Some of the 250 packets of heroin (342.5 kg) coming in from Mozambique seized in South Africa in the beginning of September 2020.

Zimbabwe
ZIMRA to buy drones to tackle smuggling

Criticised by its neighbours for doing little, the Zimbabwean government is looking for international partners to help it design an anti-smuggling system at the border.

Subscribers only Politics 11.09.2020

Angola, Brazil
Lisbon plays peacemaker in religious turf war between Bolsonaro and Lourenço

Tensions between the Angolan branch of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God and the church's headquarters in Brazil have become so acute that President Jair Bolsonaro felt called on to intervene in the dispute.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.08.2020

Kenya, Tanzania
Kenya Airways: Kenyatta's pleas fall on Magufuli's deaf ears

President Magufuli is refusing to back down on his decision to ban Kenya Airways from Tanzanian airspace despite Kenyatta's attempts to open up talks.

Subscribers only Politics 18.08.2020

Tanzania's President John Magufuli (left) with his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi in 2016.

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

The South African army is preparing its troops to go into Mozambique even though Filipe Nyusi has not yet asked Cyril Ramaphosa for military back-up.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.07.2020

Mozambique
Limpopo park provides discreet transit route for Dyck Advisory Group

Lying conveniently on the South African border, Limpopo National Park is a key transit area for former colonel Lionel Dyck's operations in Mozambique. The supply route may be relatively unobtrusive, but is raising hackles in Pretoria.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 22.07.2020

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria nettled by the actions of military contractors in Cabo Delgado

Filipe Nyusi again called in South African paramilitaries to help curb the rising insecurity in the north of the country much to the irritation of the South African authorities, who Mozambique has also directly asked for help.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 22.04.2020

Spotlight | Africa, France
French top African diplomatic post to change hands

As Rémi Maréchaux prepares to step down as head of the French foreign affairs ministry's Africa and Indian Ocean section, he is set to be replaced by fellow diplomat Christophe Bigot.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2020

Rémy Maréchaux, head of the French foreign ministry's Africa and Indian Ocean section.

Southern Africa
Jean-Yves Le Drian navigates Mozambique Channel

French diplomats are currently keen to bolster cooperation with Indian Ocean countries, and to this end France's foreign minister Jean-Yves [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2020

Mozambique
French to help with surveillance in Cabo Delgado?

With the insurrection in the north gaining momentum, the Mozambican intelligence services see in Paris a useful partner to supplement Russian military aid.

Subscribers only Politics 15.11.2019

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Joao Gomes Cravinho
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Spotlight | Mozambique Heroin now Total's chief security challenge in Cabo Delgado

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Mozambique Limpopo park provides discreet transit route for Dyck Advisory Group

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mozambique
Cabo Delgado: Defence Minister Jaime Neto knocks on Macron's door in Paris

Mozambique, Russia
Russian miners play a part in Moscow's humanitarian diplomacy

Mozambique
Maputo finalises Cabo Delgado wish list

Mozambique
Cabo Delgado: Nyusi still prefers private military to EU assistance

Spotlight | Mozambique
Heroin now Total's chief security challenge in Cabo Delgado

Zimbabwe
ZIMRA to buy drones to tackle smuggling

Angola, Brazil
Lisbon plays peacemaker in religious turf war between Bolsonaro and Lourenço

Kenya, Tanzania
Kenya Airways: Kenyatta's pleas fall on Magufuli's deaf ears

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

Mozambique
Limpopo park provides discreet transit route for Dyck Advisory Group

Spotlight | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria nettled by the actions of military contractors in Cabo Delgado

Spotlight | Africa, France
French top African diplomatic post to change hands

Southern Africa
Jean-Yves Le Drian navigates Mozambique Channel

Mozambique
French to help with surveillance in Cabo Delgado?