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Sep
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Insurgency in Mozambique threatens food security

Insurgency in Mozambique threatens food security

NEWS
WORSENING violence by militants with links to Islamic State in northern Mozambique are causing thousands to go hungry as they flee their homes and abandon farms, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. Militant attacks in gas-rich Cabo Delgado province, near the border with Tanzania, began in 2017. The violence has gathered pace in 2020, with insurgents seizing key towns for brief periods and hitting military and other key targets. Operations and pitched battles in the region's remote villages between government forces and insurgents have often led to civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure, with dozens of schools and…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Naked woman shot 36 times by Mozambique army after ‘casting spell’

Naked woman shot 36 times by Mozambique army after ‘casting spell’

NEWS
ZEENAT HANSROD THE military in Mozambique hounded, beat, and killed a naked woman, says rights group Amnesty International after verifying video footage of the attack. The images have been circulating since September 7th and were filmed by one of the men. “That’s public execution. Four men shot a defenceless, naked woman 36 times, even while she is lying motionless on the ground, apparently dead,” said David Matsinhe, Lusophone Regional Researcher for Southern Africa at Amnesty International. “This is cruel, chilling. I have never seen anything like that before.” A short video footage depicting the scene circulated widely on social media on 14 September.…
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Sep
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Mozambique denies accusations of abuses in insurgency-hit province

Mozambique denies accusations of abuses in insurgency-hit province

NEWS
MANUEL MUCARI  MOZAMBIQUE  has denied accusations by rights group Amnesty International that soldiers had committed atrocities, saying the acts were carried out by Islamist insurgents impersonating troops. Militants with links to Islamic State have stepped up attacks in Mozambique this year, alarming governments across southern Africa. Amnesty said it had seen videos showing soldiers in the uniforms of the Mozambique Armed Defence Forces and the Mozambique Rapid Intervention Police committing atrocities against alleged fighters in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado. "The videos and pictures show the attempted beheading, torture and other ill-treatment of prisoners; the dismemberment of alleged opposition…
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Jul
29
2020
By The African Mirror
AFDB set to join landmark $20 billion Mozambique LNG financing

AFDB set to join landmark $20 billion Mozambique LNG financing

BUSINESS
THE African Development Bank (AFDB) has concluded a $400-million loan deal which paves the way for a major role in the financing the construction of Mozambique’s Liquefied Natural Gas, ranked as Africa’s single biggest direct foreign investment. Involved in the  Mozambique project, estimated to cost over $20 billion, is a global team of energy developers and operators, led by Total alongside Mitsui, Oil India, ONGC Videsh Limited, Bharat Petroleum, PTT Exploration, as well as Mozambique's national oil and gas company, ENH. With the signing on 15 July, the Bank joined a global syndicate of commercial banks, development finance institutions and…
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