Terrorism in Mozambique

The Africa Center for Strategic Studies reported in January 2021 that there was a 43-percent spike in militant Islamist group violence in Africa in 2020. The 4,958 reported events linked to these groups represents a record level of violence, continuing an upward pattern seen since 2016.    Reported fatalities linked to African militant Islamist groups… Continue reading Terrorism in Mozambique

Land – Palma in Mozambique

  Land rights in Mozambique are regulated by a peculiar system. Land is owned by the State, which concedes the rights to use it, based on development projects (commercial, residential, industrial etc..): land usage rights can be bought, land cannot.   Several legal instruments regulate land usage rights in Mozambique. The general legal framework is given… Continue reading Land – Palma in Mozambique

Total – Mozambique

Following the discovery of important quantities of natural gas in the Rovuma Basin off the coast of Northern Mozambique in 2010 and a $20 billion final investment decision in June 2019, the Total-led Mozambique LNG project is moving forward at pace. *Land in MozambiqueLand - Palma in Mozambique * Reported on 5 April 2021 that… Continue reading Total – Mozambique

Mozambique attacks

With no end in sight, the fighting that started in October 2017 has continued to increase in intensity. It has forced almost a fifth of the province’s people to leave their homes and reduced access to care and other services in the area to almost nothing.     Nearly 670,000 people have been forced from their… Continue reading Mozambique attacks

Attack in Cabo Delgado Mozambique (Isis)

  Several people reportedly dead after attack in Palma near a liquified natural gas site in Cabo Delgado province (northern province).  According to workers and security sources a 180 people, including foreign workers were trapped in the hotel by fighters of Isis (Isil). *Several people were dead, AFP news agency reported citing witnesses and a… Continue reading Attack in Cabo Delgado Mozambique (Isis)

Mozambique – Islamists at port – Mocimboa da Praia

  Militants linked to the Islamic State group have seized a heavily-defended port in Mozambique after days of fighting, according to reports.    Local media say government forces that were in the far northern town of Mocimboa da Praia fled, many by boat, after Islamists stormed the port.   The town is near the site of natural… Continue reading Mozambique – Islamists at port – Mocimboa da Praia