Cabo Delgado cotton farmers on the brink as Plexus warns it can't go on; South African Combat Team Alpha deploys to Macomia

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 29 June 2022

Agenda:

• Today-tomorrow: Mozambique in the UK Week in Glasgow, UK; energy minister Carlos Zacarias and Estêvão Pale, chief executive of state-owned energy company ENH are attending

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The latest from Zitamar News:

Cabo Delgado cotton farmers on the brink as Plexus warns it can't go on
The British cotton trader says it cannot borrow money to finance this year’s harvest in Cabo Delgado province, due to the ongoing insecurity

Cabo Ligado Weekly: 20-26 June

• Insurgents stretch security forces’ resources with attacks across multiple districts

• Mozambique features increasingly in Islamic State media

• President Nyusi criticises the press for helping to spread fear and panic in Cabo Delgado

Report available in Portuguese here

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Tanzanian soldier dies in Cabo Delgado province
The soldier was serving with the Southern African Development Community’s regional military mission when he died on 22 June, according to a statement from the mission

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Also in the news:

• Major banana farm in Maputo could be forced out of business (Radio Moçambique)

• Plans considered for elections in Cabo Delgado, as over 1m vaccinated (Lusa, Red Cross)

• South African Combat Team Alpha deploys to Macomia (Defence Web)

• Work underway to estimate cost of repairing EN1 highway (O País)