News Reports 2018

News reports & Clippings 2018 (Numbers 398-426 ) 

This irregular newsletter is based entirely on reports and articles published elsewhere, and is the personal responsibility of Joseph Hanlon.
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• Mozambique 434 - 24 Jan 2018 - Democratic Backsliding - Haggard LSE notes 23Jan19 Police on debt protests
• Mozambique 430 - 8 Jan 2018 - Chang hearing - Ministério Público statement - CIP statement
• Mozambique 429 - 5 Jan 2019 - secret debt indictments - US indictment of Manuel Chang and others; Budget Monitoring Forum (FMO) statement
• Mozambique 420 - 6 Aug 2018 - High media fees - decree 40-18; 
• Mozambique 419 - 23 July 2018 - 1000 sq km of ruby land; China loans fo Macuse; Rhodesia CBW
• Mozambique 418 - 11 July 2018 - Renamo & government agree deal: joint statement; timber plantations
• Mozambique 417 - 2 July 2018 - Heroin is Mozambique's 2nd biggest export;  Heroína continua uma das maiores exportações de Moçambique Rubies are the red heart of Cabo Delgado confrontation Gemfields reply to CIP,  Mozambique constitution as amended 12 June 2018
• Mozambique 416 - 26 June 2018 -  Frelimo ambush of election law puts distrust centre stage; Cabo Delgado article links.  Posicionamento da bancada parlamentar da Renamo sobre o adiamento da sessão extraordinária
• Mozambique 415 - 15 June 2018 - Cabo Delgado - Pemba bishop's letter - Erik Prince
• Mozambique 414 - 7 June 2018 - Two best books; 35 dead is Cabo Delgado; Momade goes to mountain; GDP drop due to debt
• Mozambique 413 -  29 May 2018 - Islamic attacks: marginalised youth with wide networks - Report on Islamic radicalisation; New Ombud part of 4-way horse trading
• Mozambique 412 - 23 May 2018 - Finance minister misinterpreting IMF on hidden debt; parliament agrees head of list amendment (amendments & justification); schoolgirl pregnancy (documents)
• Mozambique 411 - 7 May 2018 - Ossufo Momade named Renamo acting leader
• Mozambique 410 - 3 May 2018 - Dhlakama dead; Nyusi says banks share responsibility for secret debt; China-Prince-Ematum link confirmed
• Mozambique 409 - 30 April 2018 - New minimum wage. Minimum wage and exchange rates 1996- 2018.
• Mozambique 408 - 3 April 2018 - journalist badly beaten, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty
• Mozambique 407 - 26 March 2018 - Norfund & Matansuska; Debt is 50% haircut; Bondholders statement
• Mozambique 406 - 20 March 2018 - Debt repayment rescheduling proposals presented in London - MEF presentation
• Mozambique 405 - 11 March 2018 - Political Commission overrides Nyusi and backs down on ending election of mayors;  Russian part of secret debt
• Mozambique 404 - 1 March 2018 - No payments on $2 bn hidden debt until 2023; government open to saying debt is illegitimate; Article IV consultatation - IMF & government clash on economy
• Mozambique 403 - 26 February 2018 - London debt briefing; Door left open for illegitimacy claim
• Mozambique 402 - 7 February 2018 - Nyusi statement on decentralization agreement with Renamo. Full text.
• Mozambique 401 - 29 Januaray 2018 - Limited charges over secret debt
• Mozambique 400 - 10 January 2018 - Census: Matola biggest city; Climate change will make Mozambique more arid; book notes
• Mozambique 399 - 7 January 2018 - No concessions to donors; Blackwater Prince; Semlex; corruption summary
• Mozambique 398 - 2 January 2018 - Negotiations: no elected governors, security deadlock; Islamic violence, WB says debt hitting economy; exchange rates