EU carbon policy could hit Mozambique hard; Zambezia road accident kills 27 people

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 24 January 2022

The latest from Zitamar News:

EU carbon policy could hit Mozambique aluminium exports

Mozambique could be one of the countries hardest hit by a new EU policy to charge a levy on carbon-intensive imports into the EU — including aluminium, one of Mozambique’s main exports.

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Mozambique’s meteorological institute issues update over Moderate Tropical Storm Ana
Mozambique's meteorological institute has released an update (attached) on Moderate Tropical Storm Ana, whose epicentre is now close to the Mozambican coastline at Angoche in Nampula province. In the coming hours it will hit the mainland, weakening to become a Tropical Depression but bringing rains of more than 200mm/24h and strong winds to Nampula, Zambezia, Sofala, Manica, and Tete provinces, and to a lesser extent, Niassa and Cabo Delgado.

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The best of the rest:

• Road accident kills 27 people in Zambezia province (A Verdade, O País)

• Covid-19 cases drop below 20,000 for the first time in 2022 (A Verdade)

• Youth key to halting insurgency in Mozambique, research finds (Mail & Guardian)

• Mozambique economy to grow 4%, metical to fall back, says bank economist (Diario Economico)

Road accident kills 27 people in Zambezia province (A Verdade, O País)