Insurgents extend offensive into Ancuabe district; Mozambicans should switch away from eating bread, minister suggests

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 7 June 2022

Agenda:

• Thursday: UN General Assembly votes on Mozambique's candidacy to a non-permanent Member of the Security Council 

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The latest from Zitamar News:

Insurgents extend offensive into Ancuabe district
Insurgents attacked the village of Nanduli in Ancuabe on Sunday, having moved south through Quissanga district

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Also in the news:

• Mozambicans should switch away from eating bread, minister suggests (Lusa)

• Agriculture minister says 80% of Mozambicans benefit from higher food prices (A Verdade)

• Nampula ‘chapa’ minibuses go on strike (VOA)

• Standard Bank forecasts 3.4% growth for Mozambique (Lusa)

• Government to give away 13,000 more hectares of land in Cabo Delgado (Carta de Moçambique)

• TotalEnergies subcontractors to return to Afungi (Africa Intelligence)

• Theft of signalling equipment forces closure of night-time traffic at Nacala Airport (VOA)