Mozambique: Mining Banned in Manica in Chapo's First Attack on Oligarchs
Published on: Wednesday 29 October 2025
All mining in Manica province was banned on Tuesday 30 September by the Mozambique Council of Ministers, which ordered the army to enforce the ban. The action was taken to stop serious pollution by gold miners in the hills in the west of the province bordering Zimbabwe. Council of Ministers spokesperson, Minister of State Administration Inocencio Impissa, said the problem was not merely with illegal, unlicensed mining.
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