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Mozambique's Council of Ministers approved the country's 2025 budget, Bloomberg reported April 29.

Mozambique: Government Seeks Spending Cuts in Push To Secure New IMF Program

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Rwandan security forces deployed in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province have been accused of limiting or delaying responses to protect civilians during attacks by Islamic State Mozambique Province insurgents, Armed Conflict Location and Event Data reported on April 23.

Mozambique: Further Reports Accuse Rwandan Forces of Delaying Responses to Insurgent Attacks

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India is conducting its largest-ever naval exercise off the east coast of Africa, known as the Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement, or AIKEYME, with 10 other African countries on April 13-18, Radio France Internationale reported on April 16.

East Africa: India Holds Its Largest Naval Exercise With East African Countries

The Mozambican parliament unanimously approved a proposed law based on a March 5 agreement between President Daniel Chapo and all parliamentary opposition political parties, Club of Mozambique reported on April 2.

Mozambique: Parliament Approves Law on Political Agreement

Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane announced a peace agreement with President Daniel Chapo to end the unrest following Mozambique's disputed October 2024 presidential election, Club of Mozambique reported on March 25.

Mozambique: Opposition Leader Announces Agreement With President To End Violence

Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo met with the country's main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane on March 23 to mend political relations following the contentious Oct. 9, 2024, elections, Club of Mozambique reported on March 24.

Mozambique: President Meets Main Opposition Leader To Reset Relations

Venancio Mondlane, Mozambique's opposition leader and former presidential candidate, appeared at the attorney general's office in Maputo, Club of Mozambique reported on March 11.

Mozambique: Mondlane Remains in Mozambique, Appears at Attorney General's Office

According to unconfirmed reports, opposition leader and former presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane crossed the border into neighboring South Africa, Club of Mozambique reported on March 7.

Mozambique: Mondlane Suspected To Have Fled to South Africa

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A Rwandan soldier walks in front of a burned truck near Palma in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region on Sept. 22, 2021. 

Rwanda’s expanding troop deployments in other African countries seek to enhance its regional political and economic influence, but entail risks that could harm its operations and reputation.

Rwanda's Growing Military Influence in Africa: Opportunities and Risks

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Security personnel walk on a road with buses blocking an entrance gate to protect impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from a possible second arrest in Seoul on Jan. 6. If Yoon is not arrested, the opposition could again seek to impeach the country's acting president due to his insufficient support for the arrest efforts, worsening foreign perceptions of political instability in South Korea.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was.

The Weekly Rundown: Mozambique's President Takes Office, the U.K. Chancellor Visits China

Protesters in Maputo prepare to burn a flag of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party on Oct. 24, 2024. 

The growing economic toll of the unrest will increase the incentives for President-elect Chapo to reach a deal with opposition leader Mondlane, though this would risk triggering infighting within the ruling Frelimo party.

Mozambique's Post-Election Crisis Reaches a Critical Juncture

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Anti-riot police officers with dogs walk past burning barricades made by protesters in Maputo, Mozambique, on Nov. 7, 2024. 

The Weekly Rundown: A New French Government, a Ruling on Mozambique's Disputed Election

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Are there viable paths to a peaceful resolution?

Essential Geopolitics: Evolution of the Post-Election Violence in Mozambique

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A man in Maputo walks past a wall covered with electoral posters in support of Daniel Chapo, the ruling party candidate in Mozambique’s presidential election, on Oct. 4, 2024. 

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The Weekly Rundown: Biden Visits Germany as Mozambique, Tunisia and Brazil Hold Elections

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Frelimo electoral posters are plastered on a wall in Maputo, Mozambique, on Aug. 24, 2024, the first day of the presidential campaign season ahead of the general election on Oct. 9, 2024.

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Mozambique's upcoming general election will likely bring another five years of Frelimo rule, though an independent candidate is drawing LNG contracts to the forefront of the campaign season.

Mozambique's General Election Brings LNG Contracts Centerstage

Rwandan troops guard an LNG project in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province on Sept. 29, 2022. 

The resurgence of the Islamic State Mozambique insurgency in Cabo Delgado portends more potentially destabilizing attacks that could deter investment in the resource-rich region.

The Future of Counterterrorism Efforts in Northern Mozambique

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Yael Braun-Pivet, a French lawmaker for the ruling Renaissance party, delivers a speech after being reelected as National Assembly president following the third round of voting on July 18, 2024.

The Weekly Rundown: France Resumes Political Horse-Trading, Blinken Returns to Middle East

Opposition supporters gather to protest the results of the local elections in Maputo, Mozambique, on Oct. 17, 2023.

Despite recent opposition protests, the ruling party will likely maintain its dominance in the general elections and beyond, bolstered by an influx of revenue from the expected resumption of a major LNG project.

Mozambique's Disputed Local Elections Offer a Preview for the 2024 National Ballot

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (2nd L) and Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (3rd L) attend an agreement-signing ceremony between Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni and the Libyan National Oil Corporation in Tripoli, Libya, on Jan. 28, 2023.

As Europe turns away from Russian energy, Italy positions itself as a natural gas conduit between the Continent and Africa.

With Energy Deals in Africa, Italy Positions Itself as Europe's Next Gas Hub

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Women sit under U.N.-branded cardboard boxes in Semera, Ethiopia, on Feb. 14, 2022, as they wait to be registered by the authorities at a hotel compound hosting civilians fleeing violence. 

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GBV is often primarily seen as a women’s and human rights issue. But in sub-Saharan Africa, it is also a key constraint to stable (and democratic) governance, economic growth, and lasting peace.

The Geopolitics of Gender-Based Violence in Africa

Located in southeastern Africa, Mozambique is bordered by Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. With a coastline of roughly 2,400 kilometers (1,500 miles), the majority of Mozambique's 23 million people reside in port cities. The capital, Maputo, is the largest city and the country's core — a result of its natural harbor and proximity to the dominant economy of South Africa.    Founded in the 16th century by Portuguese seafarers seeking maritime resupply stations to and from Asia, explorers soon ventured inland for land and resources. Portuguese expansion was contained by rival colonial powers, which controlled the mountainous highlands to Mozambique's west. As a result, Mozambique is a low-lying landscape prone to malaria. The country's borders, made by European mapmakers, are Mozambique's main geographic challenge, as they do not factor in ethnic boundaries.     Following its independence from Portugal in 1975, Mozambique struggled — often in armed conflict — to balance the country's two main ethnic groups. The Shangaan of southern Mozambique absorbed the colonial infrastructure concentrated in the core region. This enabled them to repel and contain the Shona of central Mozambique and other ethnic groups in the northern parts of the country.     Since the end of its civil war in 1992, Mozambique has had one of Africa's highest economic growth rates. Recent exploration found a large coal basin in central Mozambique and a globally significant offshore natural gas basin in the north. These resources will force government attention away from the southern core to regions it must no longer sequester and now engage. Exploiting these natural resources without exacerbating ethnic tensions will test Mozambique's fragile unity.

The Suitors of Sub-Saharan Africa

SITUATION REPORTS

Mozambique: Government Seeks Spending Cuts in Push To Secure New IMF Program

Mozambique: Further Reports Accuse Rwandan Forces of Delaying Responses to Insurgent Attacks

East Africa: India Holds Its Largest Naval Exercise With East African Countries

Mozambique: Parliament Approves Law on Political Agreement

Mozambique: Opposition Leader Announces Agreement With President To End Violence

Mozambique: President Meets Main Opposition Leader To Reset Relations

Mozambique: Mondlane Remains in Mozambique, Appears at Attorney General's Office

Mozambique: Mondlane Suspected To Have Fled to South Africa

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