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Mar
04
2022
By The African Mirror
Mozambique president names new premier and finance minister

Mozambique president names new premier and finance minister

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MOZAMBIQUE President Filipe Nyusi appointed Adriano Afonso Maleiane as the new prime minister, shortly after sacking Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, and filled several other posts including finance minister as part of a cabinet reshuffle. A Portuguese-language presidency statement named Ernesto Max Tonela as the Minister of Economy and Finance, and Carlos Zacarias, currently chairman of the National Petroleum Instituto (INP) responsible for licensing oil and gas projects, as Mineral Resources and Energy Minister. The other new appointments were Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance and Minister of Industry and trade. Nyusi also shifted Lidia Cardoso from Deputy Minister of Health…
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Apr
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Mozambique’s Nyusi vows to restore peace

Mozambique’s Nyusi vows to restore peace

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MOZAMBIQUE President Filipe Nyusi has pledged that his government will work to restore peace in the country after a deadly militant attack last month near multi-billion-dollar gas projects backed by global oil companies. "We will make all efforts to return peace to our country, in particular in the north, in Cabo Delgado which in recent years has been the target of terrorist attacks," he said during an address to the Mozambique Mining, Energy and Oil and Gas conference in Maputo. Militants attacked the coastal town of Palma on March 24, in a district near liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects that…
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Feb
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Mozambique president dragged into debt scandal

Mozambique president dragged into debt scandal

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A Lebanese shipbuilder at the centre of a $2 billion debt scandal in Mozambique said it made payments to its now-president and ruling party in 2014, but said these were legal campaign donations not bribes, according to a London court filing. Privinvest said payments made to President Filipe Nyusi in the run-up to his election and to the Frelimo party were allowed under Mozambican law, according to the January 15 filing at London's High Court. The case relates to a series of tuna fishing, maritime security and shipbuilding projects in which Privinvest was the sole contractor and for which Mozambique…
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