Mozambique

The decision by South Africa’s newly appointed minister of Justice and Correctional Services, David Lamola, to halt his predecessor’s decision made in May this year to extradite Mozambique’s former Finance minister, Manuel Chang, to Mozambique rather than to the United States of America is open t

This Monday (25 June 2018), Mozambique celebrated 43 years of independence. It was at the dawn of 25 June 1975, that Samora Machel (1933-1986) announced to all Mozambicans, the proclamation of the “total and complete” independence of the country.

How to understand a Mozambique facing multiple external structural challenges? What can be expected from the country in terms of its longstanding battle for effective peace and national reconciliation? Can it effectively deal with the serious threat posed by Islamic radicalism?

Since 2014 many energy producing emerging states in Africa and worldwide have fallen into recession resulting in long term financial implications. Mozambique was declared in default and plans to work out new terms of payment of at least US $2 billion in bonds held by western investors.

Government-Renamo negotiations resumed briefly on Wednesday 27 July and then were suspended by the mediators until Monday 8 August. The mediators submitted proposals in response to the first item on the agenda, Renamo's demand to take power in six provinces.

Mr. Micawber is a character in Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield who is always in debt and frequently responds that "something will turn up". Maputo feels like that at the moment.

Introduction

Mozambique is currently facing one of the most challenging tests of its capacity to resolve the country’s political, economic and social challenges.

Eva Anadón Moreno departed at 3:35pm today March 30 from Maputo International Airport, and is expected to arrive tomorrow March 31st  at 1:25pm in Madrid International Airport (Barajas), accompanied by a Mozambican Police Officer.

The ‘No to ProSavana Campaign’ monitored a meeting in Nampula, Mozambique, which took place 11-12 January 2016, organised by the Platform of Civil Society Organisations of Nampula (PPOSC-N), the Forum of NGOs of Niassa (FONAGNI), the Forum of NGOs of Zambézia (FONGZA), the Network of Organisation

INTRODUCTION