Renamo and MDM prepared to form alliance against Frelimo; EU to consider providing lethal weapons to Mozambique

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 21 September 2022

Agenda:

• Today-Friday: Tanzanian president Samia Hassan Suluhu continues her visit to Mozambique, meeting President Filipe Nyusi and visiting the Maputo combined-cycle gas-fired power plant today

• Today: Delegation from European Parliament’s security and defence subcommittee finishes its visit to Mozambique to assess work of European Union military training mission

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The latest from Zitamar News:

EU to consider providing lethal weapons to Mozambique
The European Union is to consider a request from Mozambique for lethal weapons, to add to the non-lethal equipment it is already contributing to the counter-insurgency effort in the north

Cabo Ligado Weekly: 12-18 September 2022

• Fierce fighting between insurgents and security forces reported in Macomia, Muidumbe and Nangade

• LNG companies discuss Cabo Delgado security at energy summit 

• Police arrest 29 suspected insurgents from Nampula in Cabo Delgado

Report in Portuguese available here

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Nyusi is the only candidate for Frelimo presidency
A third term at the helm of the party does not, however, mean he will have a third term as president of the republic

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Also in the news:

• Renamo and MDM prepared to form alliance against Frelimo (DW)

• Cabo Delgado villagers flee to Metuge after finding two bodies (Lusa)

• Government’s media law to be debated by November (VOA)

• President Nyusi presents former terrorist hostages during rally (Rádio Moçambique)

• Mozambique not ready for district elections, says ex-judge (O País)

• TotalEnergies is biggest winner from recent fuel import deals (Carta de Moçambique)