The future of LNG on both sides of the Ruvuma; SADC mission to Mozambique faces questions over its future

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 17 December 2021

Agenda:

• Today: President Filipe Nyusi delivers an end-of-year speech at 4pm (recording here)

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The latest from Zitamar News:

The future of LNG on both sides of the Ruvuma
The commercialization of natural gas reserves in Mozambique and Tanzania will remain central to public safety, national security, and political power in both countries in coming years

SADC mission to Mozambique faces questions over its future
As the SAMIM mission heads towards the end of its current mandated deployment in mid-January, it faces a series of unresolved questions about its long-term future

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1,234 new cases of covid-19 in Mozambique yesterday
The fourth wave is taking off in the south of the country in particular

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The best of the rest:

• Mozambique to appeal against Chang extradition to the US (Lusa)

• Two men kidnapped on the same day in Maputo released (Lusa)

• Malaria infections in Nampula province on the rise (Ikweli)

• Maputo Central Hospital concerned with lack of blood donors (RFI)

• Nyusi says no need to panic over terrorism in Niassa (A Verdade)

• 2021 not a good year for the private sector, says business association (Carta de Moçambique, Carta de Moçambique)

• US criticises Mozambique and Tanzania over counterterrorism (US Department of State, VOA, Lusa)

• Ex-Frelimo leader Sérgio Vieira dies at 80 (Lusa)

Mozambique to appeal against Chang extradition to the US (Lusa)