Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Zenaida Machado MAPUTO, Oct 28 (IPS) – Mozambicans voted today in elections reported to have had a massive youth turnout. The polls opened at 7 am with some people lining up in long queues even hours before the voting process started. In the capital city of Maputo lines at [...]
MOZAMBIQUE: Watching the Water Flow Away
October 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Zenaida Machado MAPUTO, Oct 23 (IPS) – Less than 100km from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads. They walk slowly, their bodies tired. And as night falls, and darkness hits the red sand of the [...]
WATER-MOZAMBIQUE: Remote Villages Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
October 21, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Jessie Boylan MCONDECE, Mozambique, Oct 21 (IPS) – "This is where we get our water from," says a villager on the footpath leading out of Mcondece. Branches and other debris float on the surface of the sluggish, murky brown creek. Some baboons are drinking from one end of the [...]
AGRICULTURE-MOZAMBIQUE: Anti-Poverty Campaign Targets Candidates
October 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Zenaida Machado MAPUTO, Oct 16 (IPS) – Antonio Machava is standing by the gate of his farm listening to election campaigners. The group of young people says their party will fight for a law to protect small farmers and create conditions for them to prosper. ”They always say that,” [...]
MOZAMBIQUE: Building Awareness to Reduce Maternal Mortality
September 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Jessie Boylan COBUE, Mozambique, Sep 17 (IPS) – In the Niassa province of northwest Mozambique, one doctor has been working with local communities to overcome the delays responsible for three-quarters of maternal deaths each year. Dr Peg Cumberland, a slim, energetic English woman, has worked in Mozambique for [...]
