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    More than 1,000 Mozambicans are thought to have died in #CycloneIdai, President Filipe Nyusi has just said, in comments carried on Radio Moçambique. "The Pungue and Buzi rivers have burst their banks, and from the air, many bodies can be seen floating," he said.
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    Mozambican political activist Dário Camal could be sanctioned by the United States of America for his role as an observer in illegal elections organised by Russia in occupied Ukrainian territories. Read the full story ⤵️
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    Total pulled all its staff out of the Mozambique LNG project today, leaving the security of the mothballed project entirely in the hands of Mozambique’s defence and security forces
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    Around 170 people who attempted to flee the Hotel Amarula in Palma, Cabo Delgado on Friday afternoon fell into an ambush by Islamist insurgents — with at least seven killed but likely many more
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    Graça Machel has written to Credit Suisse urging it absolve Mozambique of the responsibility to repay the 'hidden debts' zitamar.com/grac%cc%a7a-ma…
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    President Nyusi met Afonso Dhlakama, and Renamo fighters, in Gorongosa today. Nyusi said he and Dhlakama discussed 'Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration' of Renamo's forces.
    Filipe Nyusi and Afonso Dhlakama shaking hands
    President Nyusi shaking hands with female Renamo soldiers
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    The port of Mocímboa da Praia today received its first commercial cargo ship since it fell to insurgents in 2020. Port concessionaire CP Porto has rehab-d the jetty which today received a ship from Pemba, in the presence of TotalEnergies country head, & the provincial governor.
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    BREAKING: Filipe Nyusi and Afonso Dhlakama met today in Gorongosa, to discuss peace in Mozambique
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    Yes, this was our mistake. Thank you for pointing it out. The article has been amended. The Joint Task Force is purely Mozambican. zitamar.com/inside-the-new…
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    Private military companies have joined the fight against insurgents in Cabo Delgado, though the basis for their involvement remains unclear zitamar.com/mercenaries-ta…
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    Rwandan and Mozambican troops retook the strategically and symbolically significant town of Mocímboa da Praia, on the anniversary of its fall to Islamist insurgents zitamar.com/rwandan-troops…
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    A Rwandan company has won an $800,000 contract to upgrade a resettlement village for people forced to move by the Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado zitamar.com/rwandan-compan…
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    Total has suspended all construction work at its LNG project on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado following a spate of violent incidents close to the site
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    Downtown Maputo is in turmoil following a clash between police and demonstrators participating in a march organised by opposition party Renamo. Police, including agents in plain clothes, fired rifles into the air to disperse crowds.
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