Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Charles Maraia NAMPULA PROVINCE, Mozambique, Mar 21, 2011 (IPS) – If women like Judith Mussacula realise their aspirations to become the next generation of Mozambican politicians, the country’s future will be in safe hands. Give a book to a woman and you will educate an entire nation. [...]
DEVELOPMENT-MOZAMBIQUE: Hunger Stalks 55 Percent of Adults
December 1, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Nastasya Tay MAPUTO, Dec 1, 2010 (IPS) – Baptista Macule is sitting on a sack of groundnuts in a dusty side-alley near the sprawling, makeshift Malanga market on the outskirts of Maputo. He squints into the sun as he tries to explain the extent of poverty in [...]
Terrorist Influence Threatens Mozambique
September 23, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Eva Weil IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis LONDON (IDN) – Because of state institutions that are strong enough to maintain order but too weak to prevent subversive operations, and a pervading culture of non-compliance — verging on corruption — within law-enforcement agencies, Mozambique is vulnerable to terrorist influence and operations, [...]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Removing Barriers to Trade
August 4, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Charles Mpaka* BLANTYRE, Aug 4, 2010 (IPS) – Cecilia Gondwe waits in the shade of a tree at the Mwanza Border Post between Malawi and Mozambique. Somewhere inside, a clearing agent is completing elaborate paperwork on her behalf. The agent will deal with customs officials, going over [...]
MOZAMBIQUE: Co-existing With Floods
April 22, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Marshall Patsanza GABORONE, Apr 22 (IPS) – April signals the tail end of the flood season in Mozambique. The country’s water managers will soon be able to appraise the effects of changing policies. Each year, the many major rivers that flow through Mozambique on their way to the Indian [...]
MOZAMBIQUE: Weather Service Key to Flood Disaster Management
April 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Isaiah Esipisu NAIROBI, Apr 20 (IPS) – Mozambique’s government learned some tough lessons from the devastating floods that hit the country a decade ago. Experts say the disaster management plans drawn up since are a model for other African countries. The flooding in 2000 killed 700 people and displaced [...]
POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Victory for Frelimo Amid Claims of Election Fraud
November 12, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Zenaida Machado MAPUTO, Nov 11 (IPS) – Mozambique’s incumbent President Armando Guebuza has won the Mozambican 2009 elections in a landslide obtaining three quarters of the votes, according to official results. Leopoldo da Costa, the chairman of Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE), announced that Frelimo’s Guebuza has been re-elected [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Carbon Trading Welcomed, Criticised
November 5, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jessie Boylan NIASSA PROVINCE, Mozambique, Nov 5 (IPS) – A visit from Dutch contractors to Niassa Province, in northwestern Mozambique has got communities excited about the prospect of a carbon credit scheme in the area. Gathered under a large mango tree in a lakeside village, a community is deep [...]
MOZAMBIQUE: Quiet Progress Against HIV/AIDS
October 31, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jessie Boylan COBUE, Mozambique, Oct 31 (IPS) – When Dorothy Kakongwe smiles, her creases tell stories no history book can recount. Now, as an elderly and humble nurse, she can reflect on the changes in the landscape and people around her. ”I’ve worked for 18 years in Cobue, and [...]
/UPDATE*/POLITICS-MOZAMBIQUE: Another Term for Incumbent President?
October 29, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Zenaida Machado MAPUTO, Oct. 29 (IPS) – Mozambique’s incumbent president looks set to serve a second term of office as partial results of the country’s presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections are announced. Early results of the Oct. 28 elections indicate that President Armando Guebuza and his ruling party, Frelimo, [...]
