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Hydrocarbons: Mozambique and Tanzania open to cooperation – Domingo

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Presidents of Mozambique and Tanzania, Filipe Nyusi and Samia Suluhu Hassan, discussed on Wednesday the need for a lot of cooperation in the exploitation of hydrocarbons, taking into account the discovery, in recent years, in both countries, of important reserves of natural gas, Jornal Doingo online reports.

According to Filipe Nyusi, it is necessary to exploit the advantage of the countries being neighbours, especially with regard to the negotiation of contracts for the exploitation of hydrocarbons, an item that is, in fact, one of the great weaknesses of the States, reads the report.

Mozambique will be the first of the two countries to export liquefied natural gas, which should happen in the coming days, through the Coral Sul offshore project, in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin, concludes the ‘Domingo’ online report.

Source: Domingo

Frelimo SG confirms that Filipe Nyusi will run for 3rd term as party chief – A Verdade

Roque Silva clarified that the nomination of the Frelimo party candidate for the 2024 General Elections “is not on the Congress agenda”. [Image: A Verdade]

The Secretary-General of the Frelimo Party Roque Silva confirmed this Wednesday (21-09) the announcement by @Verdade that Filipe Nyusi will run for a third term as president of the party that has governed Mozambique since 1975.

Asked by @Verdade at a press conference within the scope of preparations for the 12th Frelimo Congress who the candidates were, Roque Silva made it clear: “Regarding the candidate for president of the party, I can safely say that the candidate is Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, president of Frelimo and beloved member of the 60-year-old party.”

Elected for the first time in 2015, a year after being elected President of Mozambique and after Armando Guebuza’s resignation, Nyusi is expected to be re-elected unanimously.

Roque Silva clarified that the nomination of the Frelimo party candidate for the 2024 General Elections “is not on the Congress agenda”.

Regarding the Magna meeting of the ‘comrades’ that starts next Friday (23), and is the finale of the process started in the party cells on June 23, the Frelimo Party SG pointed out that “for the first time, it covered a level that did not previously exist in the party structure – that of the locality, with the creation of locality committees and their leaders”.

Silva said that the agenda of the meeting “has to do with the approval of instruments that will guide the party in the next five years, namely the revision of the party’s statutes, in order to adapt them to some current dynamics, we will analyse and approve in Congress.

The party’s program for the next five years, we will debate and approve at the party level a new component that in previous statutes was not very practical, which is the introduction of some innovations that will allow us to value those who represent Frelimo’s historical heritage for having been the labourers in the construction of our party”.

“The election of a new Central Committee, which will then have the responsibility to elect the Secretary General, will have the responsibility to elect the new secretariat of the Central Committee, will have the responsibility to elect the new Verification Committee” are other items on the agenda of the Congress enumerated by the Frelimo SG.

Silva also revealed that the Congress would bring together “about 2,000 participants, of whom about 1,500 will be delegates and 500 guests. Of these guests, we want to highlight those coming from 24 political parties and friendly organizations around the world”.

By Adérito Caldeira.

From A Verdade

Terrorists pardoned

President of the Republic Filipe Nyusi has granted pardons to 44 members of terrorist groups operating in Cabo Delgado.

TVM reports.

The beneficiaries had all surrendered to the authorities voluntarily, adds the same source.

Mozambique: Police must reinvent itself to fight terrorism – President Nyusi

Mozambique: Police must reinvent itself to fight terrorism – President Nyusi Mozambican President Filipe on Monday (19) called on the Police force (PRM) to reinvent itself and repel any threats to public order and security, including terrorism attacks currently plaguing the residents of Cabo Delgado province, in the northern regof the country.

Nyusi, who is also Commander-in-Chief of Forças de Defesa e Segurança (FDS), said that the mission of the police force also includes defence of the homeland, sovereignty and natural resources available in the country, as well as all achievements made with sacrifice and work of Mozambicans.

He left the challenge during the closing ceremony of the 42nd PRM Basic course, at the Matalana Police Training School.

In his view, the entry of a growing number of trained police officers Mozambicans into the ranks of the FDS is an important contribution by the Mozambican people to strengthen human capacity, allowing for wider coverage in the surveillance, vigilance and defence of country’s integrity.

“Therefore, we recommend the Police Force to reinvents itself so that, together with other defence and security forces on the ground intensify actions to repel any threats to public order and security, as well as build capacity to anticipate and contain any phenomena that could disturb the tranquillity of Mozambicans,” he said.

The President also mentioned other threats facing the country, particularly money laundering and financing terrorism, and urged all justice stakeholders, including PRM and the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), to develop internal and external coordination mechanisms to combat this crime, which poses a major threat to the country and to the world in general. “This implies specialised training, increased capacity for investigation and analysis and responsibility for action,” he stressed.

Addressing the new graduates, Nyusi warned that the Oath of the Flag is not a mere procedure or a mere formality, but an act that carries in itself important significance of symbolism and a high sense of responsibility. “With the oath taken, each one of you has committed to respect and defend our multicoloured national flag and, above all, other values the honour and territorial integrity of the Mozambican nation and safeguard the sovereignty of the State regardless of the sacrifice that you may be required to,” he pointed out.

He added that the life of a police officer finds its true meaning in the consent of individual sacrifices for the fulfilment of a set of patriotic duties for common good of Mozambicans and all. “Young men, to be a police officer is to accept to always serve national interests, to serve the Homeland and to be ready to exchange one’s life for it, if necessary,” he stressed.

Nyusi also reminded the new graduates that when performing their duties they should distance themselves from any criminal practices because they are contrary to their office as well as denounce, combat and repel all criminal actions to eradicate this evil from society, including the police force.

Beheadings as jihadists raid Mozambique villages : Jose TembeBBC News, Maputo

Five villagers have been killed, several others abducted and more than 100 huts torched in two separate jihadist attacks in Ancuabe district of Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province.

In the latest incident, three men were beheaded on Wednesday afternoon in Megaruma village, about 15km (nine miles) from the headquarters of the administrative post of Metoro.

There are also reports of abductions in the same area of an unknown number of people.

The situation has caused unrest and tension in Megaruma, Metoro and their surrounding areas.

Security forces have been deployed to the area to restore peace and order.

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Mozambique: Businesses call for wider tax breaks

The Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique (CTA), the country’s largest business organisation, advocated broader tax reductions on Thursday to boost economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

CTA’s position is part of the “list of proposals” that the organisation drew up following the SAP – Package of Measures for Economic Acceleration announced in August by the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi.

The Mozambican business community believes that reducing VAT from 17% to 16%, included in the SAP, should also apply to special rates of this tax applied to other goods and services, including electricity and water.

It also proposes the reintroduction of the VAT exemption for all products in the basic food basket to improve the purchasing power of families.

“In addition, we propose the creation of mechanisms to offset tax debts and to ensure the decentralisation of analysis of refunds to the provincial tax authority offices,” the statement said.

CTA also advocated that VAT exemption in agriculture should be extended to the entire agricultural sector to be more comprehensive and include the bakery industry.

Urban passenger carriers should benefit from exemption from payment of the company tax to attract greater formalisation of this sector.

“In the transport sector, the same [exemption] may contribute to the reduction of the number of informal urban transport operators and the facilitation of the effectiveness of government policies in this segment,” the note said.

Still on the measure of the company tax reduction, the CTA proposed the inclusion of tourism, as well as technical-vocational and higher education, taking into account that these ateas are still facing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On tax incentives for new investments in key sectors made in the next three years, CTA defended extending these incentives to investments already implemented and to areas affected by cyclones and armed attacks in Cabo Delgado province.

To simplify procedures for the repatriation of capital, the measure should be extended to the flow of capital entering the country, CTA advocates

Mozambique: Portugal’s PM announces 40% increase in cooperation prog.

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Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, announced on Thursday a 40% increase in the funds allocated to projects under the Strategic Cooperation Programme with Mozambique, representing more than €90 million.

“Within the scope of this summit, we can reinforce the amount of the next Strategic Cooperation Programme [PEC] 2022-2026, which is the foundation of our strategic partnership between Mozambique and Portugal and will thus have a 40% increase in the funds dedicated to programmes, projects and actions, which will exceed €90 million,” he announced.

Costa made this announcement in Maputo at a press conference at the end of a meeting with the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit.

The PEC, signed in November 2021, is for five years. Costa said it “will focus on traditional areas of sovereignty, such as defence, justice, internal administration,” and “deepens and renews cooperation in the strategic areas of education and health.

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Indicating that until 2021 the PEC “spent €135 million”, Costa added that the new framework foresees “€185 million”.

Considering that the future “necessarily involves strengthening economic relations,” Costa also said that as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit, “two instruments to support business investment in Mozambique, the business fund for cooperation and the specific programme for business investment in Mozambique,” would be reviewed and modernised.

Costa added that, on the sidelines of the summit, the “Lusophone Compact” would be signed, a programme through which Portugal will provide guarantees of €400 million in funding from the African Development Bank for business investment in the community of Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP).

The Portuguese prime minister also noted two other protocols that would be signed on Friday and that “aim to strengthen the development potential of the Cabo Delgado region,” with the installation of “a research centre dedicated to gas and oil and a vocational training programme in the area of gas, which will be aimed at around 1,200 young Mozambicans.

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11:42 CAT | 02 Sep 2022

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Costa made this announcement in Maputo at a press conference at the end of a meeting with the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit.

Photo: Notícias

Indicating that until 2021 the PEC “spent €135 million”, Costa added that the new framework foresees “€185 million”.

Photo: Domingo

“We are fighting terrorism not only from a military and humanitarian point of view but also from the point of view of the region’s development,” he noted.

Costa considered that Mozambique “has enormous potential from an agricultural point of view”.

“And if humanity faces a huge challenge in its energy transition, it faces no less of a challenge from the point of view of food security, and so diversification, increase and quality of food is an ever greater challenge and where Mozambique has a decisive role,” he told reporters.

The governments of Portugal and Mozambique signed six cooperation protocols on Thursday as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit in education, heritage rehabilitation, technical and operational skills of the Mozambican security forces and services, justice and agriculture.

“On all fronts, from the point of view of political cooperation, military cooperation in the fight against terrorism, development in the area of health or education, or from the point of view of economic relations, this 5th summit will certainly be a significant milestone in our relations,” Costa said.

Drawing a picture of the situation in Mozambique compared to the last summit in 2019, the prime minister said that the country “has a new framework, frankly favourable to investment,” particularly by Portuguese companies, with the resumption of financial support from the International Monetary Fund after the hidden debts’ scandal) and the retreat of terrorism