Exxon will move on FID after Total lifts force majeure; Rwandan Defence Force has "no intentions of taking on any more sectors"
Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 21 April 2022
Agenda:
Now: Webinar “Reconstructing Cabo Delgado: who will benefit?” streamed on Facebook here. Speakers:
Tomas Queface, Cabo Ligado
Armindo Ngunga, head of ADIN reconstruction agency
Joseph Hanlon
Today: Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera arrives in Mozambique for a four-day visit, starting with the inauguration of the Mozambique-Malawi electricity grid interconnector in Tete
Today: Deputy foreign affairs minister Manuel José Gonçalves is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to promote Mozambique's campaign for non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council. Meeting with:
Ethiopian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Demeka Mekonen
African Union president Moussa Faki Mahamat
African Union commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Bankole Adeoye
The latest from Zitamar News:
Cabo Ligado Weekly: 11-17 April 2022
Full report here in English: https://www.caboligado.com/reports/cabo-ligado-weekly-11-17-april-2022
And in Portuguese: https://www.caboligado.com/portugues/cabo-ligado-11-17-abril-2022
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Rwandan Defence Force has "no intentions of taking on any more sectors"
A spokesperson for the RDF responded to Zitamar’s story saying Rwandan troops are in Macomia for joint operations, but they are not taking over responsibility for the district
Also in the news:
Exxon will move on FID after Total lifts force majeure on its LNG project (Radio Moçambique, Diario Económico)
Government forecasts agricultural commercialisation of 17.3m tonnes in 2022-2023 (O País)
Mozambique and China defence chiefs promise to support each other’s interests (CGTN)
World Bank ready to fund gas exploration in Mozambique (Rádio Moçambique)
Heavy rain disrupts rice harvest in Gaza province (Rádio Moçambique)
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