About 11% of the donor money to Mozambique to tackle Covid-19 in 2020 (about 30 million out of a total of 285) has been misused, the government itself acknowledges in a report listing some of the measures taken to rectify the situation

The use of ethanol in the production of alcoholic beverages has been banned and only agricultural ethyl alcohol is allowed for the manufacture and standardisation of these products; the government decree aims at discouraging harmful practices

New restrictions on the foreign currency positions of commercial banks have been issued by Bank of Mozambique under a special regime set to last for one year; the move may further aggravate the country’s ongoing shortage of foreign exchange

Education Minister Samaria Tovela acknowledged that the government owes some teachers money for overtime worked accumulated since 2022, explaining that the delay is to serious communication failures as sector lacks consolidated data across Mozambique

$20-billion liquefied natural gas project for TotalEnergies will restart by the end of summer; covered by force majeure in 2021 following insurgent attacks, it includes developing the Golfinho and Atum natural gas fields and a two-train liquefaction plant