Nyusi changes PM ahead of crucial Frelimo Congress this year; Gigajoule expects first LNG cargo import from Matola by mid-2025

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 4 March 2022

Agenda:

• Today: President Filipe Nyusi swears in the new prime minister, Adriano Maleiane, and other members of the government, as part of the cabinet reshuffle carried out this week

• Today: President Filipe Nyusi in Tete province on a working visit

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The Zitamar Podcast:

Musical chairs in Nyusi's government ahead of crucial Frelimo Congress later this year

Filipe Nyusi completed the biggest reshuffle of his presidency on Thursday, naming Adriano Maleiane as the new Prime Minister, and promoting energy minister Max Tonela to replace Maleiane at the finance ministry.

A number of other ministers were also moved, but Celso Correia, believed to be Nyusi’s first choice for prime minister, instead stayed in position at the agriculture ministry.

The reshuffle comes in the context of an increasingly tense atmosphere within the ruling party Frelimo, which is due to decide later this year on who will be its presidential candidate at the next elections in 2024.

Leading Mozambican journalist and political analyst Fernando Lima joined Zitamar editor Tom Bowker this evening to talk through the changes.

A full article on the reshuffle will be published on the Zitamar website on Monday.

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Also in the news:

• Civil servants who facilitated ‘hidden debts’ will also be held accountable, say prosecutors (O País)

• Two options to connect Malawi-Mozambique line (International Railway Journal)

• Tourism sector back in contact with investors in Cabo Delgado (O País, Radio Moçambique)

• Gigajoule expects first LNG cargo import from Matola by mid-2025 (Moneyweb)