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/ 25 November 2007

Mozambique takes control of Cahora Bassa

Mozambique will finally take control this week of the biggest dam in sub-Saharan Africa, which had remained in Portuguese hands for more than three decades after the former colonial power’s departure. ”We are finally going to be able to use the dam to satisfy the energy needs of our country,” said President Armando Guebuza.

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/ 30 October 2007

Mozambique acts on predator teachers

A teenage girl fights back tears as she recalls how the teacher she had regarded as her mentor demanded sexual favours after class at her Mozambican high school. "This teacher, who had been very kind to me and had told me that I was very intelligent, asked me to come round to his home so he could give me a book," says 16-year-old Regina.