Cabo Delgado reconstruction plans reveal government's post-conflict priorities; US-based fund to invest $400m into Macuse port and rail project

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 19 November 2021

Agenda:

• Today: Graduation ceremony and 10-year anniversary at the Institute of Defence Studies "Tenente-General Armando Emílio Guebuza", which defence minister Cristóvão Artur Chume and chief of general staff of the armed forces Joaquim Mangrasse will attend

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The latest from Zitamar News:

The international programs training Mozambique's armed forces
After a June 2020 security brief criticised Mozambique's armed forces, Maputo went looking for support

Cabo Delgado reconstruction plans reveal government's post-conflict priorities
With the government predicting that insurgent violence is winding down, it has decided to inaugurate a phase of post-conflict reconstruction by drawing up a reconstruction plan for Cabo Delgado

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The best of the rest:

• Mozambique bans transport of timber during the night (Notícias)

• Mozambique's stock exchange posts positive results despite crisis (Carta de Moçambique)

• US-based fund to invest $400m into Macuse port and rail project (Announcement)

• Shortlist of three to head state broadcaster TVM (Savana)

• Hidden debts: Special companies used "master key" to bypass legal procedures (Mediafax)

• UNICEF to train Mozambican officers to cope with growing number of child soldiers (VOA)