Rhino poaching baron arrested after decade of impunity; Police investigate social media incitements to rioting

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 5 August 2022

Agenda:

• Today: President Filipe Nyusi meets Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa and environment ministers from member states of the Southern African Development Community in Maputo, to sign declaration on forestry conservation (see story below)

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The latest from Zitamar News:

Rhino poaching baron arrested after decade of impunity
A major poaching boss in Mozambique, known as “Navara”, was arrested last week after a decade organising the slaughter of rhinoceroses along the border with South Africa

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Also in the news:

• Police investigate social media incitements to rioting (Rádio Moçambique)

• Mozambique considering buying Russian oil (Lusa)

• Workers arrested in Balama “not terrorists” (Notícias, Carta de Moçambique)

• Zimbabwe and Mozambique to discuss power imports and conservation (The Chronicle)

• Nyusi plays down idea of TotalEnergies abandoning gas project (Lusa, A Verdade)