Mozambique (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

Note the last post was in November 2013. Just caught an update via Twitter:

A sense of calm has descended on Mozambique after long-standing civil war foes the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (Renamo) guerrillas and the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) government agreed to a new year ceasefire.

Link:http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/relative-calm-descends-mozambique-optimism-grows-long-lasting-truce-1598541?

The article implies there has been an insurgency since mid-2015, which I had not spotted - hence the title.

I note the apparent map of AFRICOM's SOF activity does not include Mozambique:https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/...s-shadow-wars/

[davidbfpo]

Sad tale how Mozambique's security agency negotiated a US$2billion loan, on the expectation of wealth from natural gas offshore and failed to tell anyone. The result:

... has caused a fiscal crisis that means interest on loans, civil service new year bonuses and other government bills was not paid this month.

Link:https://www.theguardian.com/global-d...es-debt-crisis

Might this factor in trying to get peace with Renamo?