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July 02
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Mozambique: Portuguese Migrants Seek Opportunities in Mozambique
The financial crisis in Europe has brought the largest influx of Portuguese migrants to Mozambique since colonial times. While many Mozambicans fear they will face increased... Read more »
May 22
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Mozambique: The Anatomy of a Land Deal
A multi-million dollar "ethical" plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts... Read more »
March 28
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Mozambique: First HIV Vaccine Trial Heralds New Era in Local Research
Mozambique has completed its first HIV vaccine trial and is set to embark on a second, a demonstration of the country's increased HIV research capacity. Read more »
March 25
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Mozambique: Mozambicans Want More Payback From Mining Companies
When foreign mining companies started arriving in Mozambique's northwestern Tete Province, people had high expectations that employment and prosperity would follow. "When the... Read more »
March 21
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Mozambique: Resettlement Conflicts Follow Mozambique's Mining Boom
The coal boom in Mozambique's northwestern Tete Province is pitting disgruntled locals against international mining conglomerates as communities living in the new mining areas are... Read more »
March 19
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Africa: Tackling Poverty and Disease With Innovative Health Financing [interview]
Mozambique has become the latest African country to implement a financial transaction tax (FTT) and airplane levy to fund health services in developing countries, part of the... Read more »
March 04
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Mozambique: Malnutrition Persists Alongside Economic Growth
Mozambique has seen economic growth between seven and eight percent during the last two decades, yet over half the population continues to live below the poverty line. Rates of... Read more »
February 13
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Mozambique: How Does One Flood Proof a Country?
Mozambique has dealt with years of recurrent floods and set up an effective early warning system, yet the intensity of this year's rains came as a surprise. Read more »
February 08
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Mozambique: Cholera Confirmed in Northern Mozambique
In the last 10 days, 22 cases of the waterborne disease cholera have been confirmed by laboratory testing in three areas in and around the northern Mozambique town of Pemba, in... Read more »
January 28
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Mozambique: Flooding Creates Displacement Crisis
The Mozambican government and aid organizations are struggling to respond to the needs of 150,000 people displaced by recent flooding in the country's southern Gaza Province. Read more »
November 28, 2012
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Mozambique: Corruption Undermines Health Service
Eulalia Laichela caressed her six-year-old son, Leosio, who lay on the pavement, coughing from beneath a blanket. They had been waiting in the park outside José Macamo, one... Read more »
September 26, 2012
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Southern Africa: Warning Over Zambezi Dams
The massive hydropower dams built on the Zambezi River, the largest river system in Southern Africa, not only supply power to major economies in the region but also help mitigate... Read more »
February 15, 2012
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Madagascar: Cyclone Kills At Least 10
At least 10 people have died after Cyclone Giovanna struck Madagascar but details of its impact on the regions which bore the brunt of the category-four tropical storm remain... Read more »
January 30, 2012
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Mozambique: Storms' Death Toll Rises to 40
About 40 people have died and more than 100,000 are affected by twin storms that struck Mozambique 18-26 January, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian... Read more »
January 06, 2012
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Southern Africa: Floods Leave Returnees Stranded
Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of... Read more »
November 29, 2011
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Mozambique: A Sweet Potato a Day
A helping of an orange coloured sweet potato just twice a week could save lives in Mozambique. Read more »
September 23, 2011
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Mozambique: Better Food Key to Malnutrition and Obesity
Simultaneously tackling obesity and malnutrition may seem like "polar opposites", conceded UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the High-Level Meeting on Prevention and Control of... Read more »
September 19, 2011
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East Africa: Migrants Beaten, Deported, Jailed on Trek South
Near the coastal town of Mtwara, Tanzania's border with Mozambique is marked only by the River Ruvuma which is wide and relatively shallow at this point just before it drains into... Read more »
September 14, 2011
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Mozambique: Horn Migrants Find Peace but 'No Better Life'
Fahir Mohamed sold her gold jewellery to raise the US$1,000 fee for her and her husband to be smuggled by boat from the southern Somali port city of Kismayo to Mombasa in Kenya and... Read more »
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Mozambique: 'Many People Go Missing on Their Way Here'
Mohidin Adam Ibrahim, 27, arrived at Maratane refugee camp in Mozambique's Nampula Province in February 2010, but is still awaiting a decision on his refugee status. He told IRIN... Read more »
August 02, 2011
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East Africa: Southern Africa Pushes Back Against As Migrants Flee Drought
Increasing numbers of Ethiopians and Somalis fleeing war, drought and poverty in their home countries face arrest, deportation and detention as they try to make their way to the... Read more »
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