Cabo Delgado insurgency pushes south with attacks in Chiúre and Mecufi districts; Fuel prices to increase again

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 14 June 2022

Agenda:

• This week: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, visits Mozambique, Djibouti and Nigeria

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The latest from Zitamar News:

Cabo Delgado insurgency pushes south with attacks in Chiúre and Mecufi districts
A sustained series of attacks within 100km of Pemba, the capital of Cabo Delgado province, has caused thousands to flee and is causing serious alarm in Pemba itself

More than 11,000 people flee insurgent attacks in southern Cabo Delgado
At least 11,737 civilians fled their homes in southern Cabo Delgado between 2 June and 12 June in the wake of a series of attacks in districts in the south of the province

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Mateus Magala, the former head of EDM, has returned to Mozambique from the African Development Bank to take up the post of Minister of Transport and Communications

Triton Minerals has announced that two of its staff were killed on its project site in Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado, which was attacked last week

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Also in the news:

• Inflation in Mozambique highest since 2017 (Lusa)

• Fuel prices to increase again (Carta de Moçambique)

• Nyusi suggests reflection for resizing Matola municipality (O País)

• Ancuabe attacks heighten climate of insecurity in IDP camps (VOA)