Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Johannesburg)
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May 27
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Mozambique: Increasingly Tense Times in Mozambique [analysis]
Things are getting increasingly tense in Mozambique - and the repressive response of the increasingly jittery authorities is only making things worse. Read more »
May 23
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Mozambique: Coal Mining Still Harming Communities [analysis]
It is deeply depressing to see how little has changed in the coal fields of Mozambique in the 18 months since the publication of a damning report into the poor behaviour of... Read more »
May 16
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Mozambique: Push for LGBTI Rights in Moz Constitution [analysis]
It has been a bad few weeks for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in southern Africans with hate speech and arrests in Zambia and a... Read more »
April 11
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Mozambique: Uneven Playing Fields Fosters Violence [analysis]
The recent outbreak of violence in Mozambique, widely suspected to be the work of RENAMO, is deeply worrying not only for Mozambique but the whole sub-region. Read more »
January 28
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Mozambique: Media Must Investigate Extractives [analysis]
In view of the growing interest in the Mozambique's booming extractive industries, the Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) is urging the media in the country to carry out more... Read more »
November 22, 2012
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Mozambique: Thousands Held Illegally in Mozambique Prisons
Thousands of people are being held in Mozambique's prisons despite not having been found guilty of a crime, says a new report from Amnesty International, which exposes how many... Read more »
October 28, 2012
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Mozambique: Major Step Towards Greater Mining Transparency [analysis]
Mozambicans should soon know much more about their secretive - and highly lucrative - gas and coal industries after the country was declared to be compliant with the Extractive... Read more »
October 17, 2012
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Mozambique: Giant Leap for Human Rights in Mozambique? [analysis]
A recent opinion piece by OSISA's Richard Lee celebrated the fact that Mozambique's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had finally become operational - saying that it... Read more »
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Mozambique: Southern African Young Women's Festival [analysis]
My dream is a big dream - to build a new society where all people - women and men, the young and the old - are aware of their role in promoting democracy and good governance... Read more »
September 19, 2012
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Mozambique: Big Boost for Mozambique Cooking Fuel Project [analysis]
Many projects promise the earth. But few can genuinely promise to help save it by contributing to the fight against climate change while also improving local food security,... Read more »
September 10, 2012
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Southern Africa: SADC Leaders Hot Air Blows Down Tribunal [analysis]
So often are the winds of change said to blow through the southern reaches of Africa that the uninformed might think there are always hurricanes here. Last month's Southern African... Read more »
September 06, 2012
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Mozambique: Giant Leap for Human Rights in Mozambique
At long last, Mozambique has a functioning National Human Rights Commission (CNDH). Created by the National Assembly back in 2009 to promote and defend human rights, the first... Read more »
July 25, 2012
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Mozambique: Preventing Crime and Violence in Mozambique [analysis]
Escalating levels of crime and violence are a serious threat to human development, democratic institutions and good governance throughout much of the world, including Mozambique. Read more »
July 23, 2012
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Mozambique: Nation Needs a Constitutional Court [analysis]
Recently, the Mozambican Parliament established a standing committee to review the country's Constitution - initiating a process that represents a real opportunity to strengthen... Read more »
July 19, 2012
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Mozambique: Youths Think Army Conscription a Waste of Time - Study [analysis]
The first analysis of compulsory military service in Mozambique since Independence in 1975 will not make happy reading for the government. Read more »
May 11, 2012
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Mozambique: First Human Rights MA Course [analysis]
In future, Mozambicans will look back on 2012 as a critical year for the promotion of human rights and good governance in the country - following the establishment of its first... Read more »
May 05, 2012
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Mozambique: Corruption Threatens Education in Country [analysis]
Media reports about Mozambique usually paint a rosy picture of a country with a soaring economy, a young but stable democracy and a bright future. But beneath the happy headlines,... Read more »
April 15, 2012
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Mozambique: Human Rights Commission in Mozambique [analysis]
The newly formed Mozambican Human Rights Commission is rapidly taking shape. Recently, the five reprsentatives from civil society on the commission's oversight body were chosen and... Read more »
February 21, 2012
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Mozambique: Country Set to Join Kimberley Process
In a very welcome move, Mozambique's Mining Minister has announced that the country is speeding up preparations to join the Kimberley Process - an international conflict diamond... Read more »
January 31, 2012
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Mozambique: Coal Versus Communities - Exposing Poor Practices by Vale and Rio Tinto [press release]
On January 10th, the activities of two of the world's largest mining companies - Brazil's Vale and Anglo-Australian multinational Rio Tinto - hit the headlines in Mozambique for... Read more »
December 09, 2011
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Mozambique: Frelimo Loses Crucial By-Election [analysis]
FRELIMO is not used to losing elections but it will have to get used to the feeling if this week's by-elections are anything to go by. Read more »
November 08, 2011
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Mozambique: Govt Must Implement Policies [analysis]
A new report launched by Graca Machel, former Vice Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Panel has revealed that Mozambique's response to governance challenges... Read more »
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Mozambique: Crime and Violence in Mozambique [document]
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) in partnership with the Open Society Foundations Crime and Violence Prevention Initiative (CVPI) is in the process of... Read more »
October 17, 2011
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Mozambique: No Third Term for President? [analysis]
The prospect of a possible third term for Mozambican President, Armando Guebuza, is out of the question for now. Read more »
July 31, 2011
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Africa: Debating International Criminal Justice [analysis]
As 17 judges from 13 regional districts in Mozambique meet in Pemba for a two day workshop on international criminal justice, the international criticism of arguably the world's... Read more »
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