Good afternoon. Mozambique-Russian relations have been fortified through a bilateral Interministerial Commission which met in Maputo this week — but also, it would seem, by a series of efforts that Mozambique has made of late to smooth relations with a country which is elsewhere a pariah.
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- Insurgents reestablish presence in Palma district
- RDF steps in in Macomia
- Mozambique 'ignored US proposed counter-terrorism plan'
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From the Zitamar Live Blog:
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The long-running dispute over loans made by Russian bank VTB to the notorious offshore security companies Proindicus and MAM was resolved shortly before this week’s Commission, very much at the 11th hour with respect to court action in London which was otherwise due to have delivered a verdict on that dispute this week.