Mozambique launches 16 new oil and gas exploration blocks; “Hidden debts”: Former Bank of Mozambique governor admits irregularities

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 25 November 2021

Agenda:

• Today: National Petroleum Institute (INP) launches the 6th Tender for Concession of Areas for Research and Production of Hydrocarbons 

• Today: Extraordinary meeting of the SADC ministerial committee in Pretoria, to review the progress of the SADC mission in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique 

• Today and tomorrow: President Filipe Nyusi visits Nampula, inaugurating a new Bank of Mozambique building and a cultural centre at the Rovuma University on Thursday, and presiding over a police ceremony on Friday before also visiting Nacala

• Tomorrow: International investment and development conference in Manica province

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The latest from Zitamar News:

Mozambique launches 16 new oil and gas exploration blocks
Mozambique tendered 16 new oil and gas exploration blocks at the launch of the country’s sixth licencing round today

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The best of the rest:

• IMF says it’s “unwise to limit gas projects" in Mozambique (Lusa)

• Galp says peace is a necessary condition for investment in Mozambique (Lusa)

• Amnesty International calls for investigation of shooting in Banhine National Park (Amnesty International)

• “Hidden debts”: Former Bank of Mozambique governor admits irregularities (Carta de Moçambique, DW)

• Drug smuggling increasing in port of Nacala (Ikweli, Ikweli)

• Electricity restored to northern Cabo Delgado (Electricidade de Moçambique, Ikweli)

• 1500 new police officers to be deployed to fight terrorism in Nampula (Ikweli)

• Fisherman shot by insurgents in sea attack (Mediafax)

IMF says it’s “unwise to limit gas projects" in Mozambique (Lusa)