Several beheaded as insurgents cross Macomia; Mozambican transporters to propose price increase

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 25 May 2022

Agenda:

• Today: President Filipe Nyusi in Ghana

• Today-Tomorrow: Mozambique-Rwanda Business Forum, run by the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce and the Rwandan Private Sector Federation, in the Hotel Polana, Maputo

• Friday - Sunday: Frelimo's Central Committee meeting in Matola

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The latest from Zitamar News:

Several beheaded as insurgents cross Macomia
A group of insurgents left behind a trail of destruction as they moved west across Macomia from Nkoe to Chicomo towards Meluco on Friday and Saturday, beheading several civilians and burning down numerous houses

Cabo Ligado Weekly: 16-22 May 2022

• Insurgents rampage through Macomia, beheading civilians, while others surrender due to lack of food

• Civilians tentatively return to northern Macomia, despite threat of attacks

• Reporting on conflict in Cabo Delgado potentially threatened by new “anti-terrorism” law

Report in Portuguese available here

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Also in the news:

• Ghana, Mozambique condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Daily Graphic, Carta de Moçambique)

• New Gaza airport ineligible for international flights (A Verdade)

• Mozambican transporters to propose price increase (Lusa)