Mozambique: Journalist Threatened

Maputo — A reporter on the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique", Marta Afonso, has received repeated threats arising from an investigation she has been undertaking into alleged mismanagement at the Mozambican Higher Institute of Accounting and Auditing (ISCAM).

The paper received a documented denunciation of this mismanagement a fortnight ago, and the "Carta de Mocambique" management gave Marta Afonso the task of following the story up. She was asked to see if the allegations were true, gather evidence and interview those accused.

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