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Life and death at the Beitbridge border post

Opinion Camilo Ramada - 14 Jan 2021

The seemingly endless queue at the Zimbabwe border post is not unusual, but Covid testing, a curfew and the Christmas rush stretched it for days. But no matter the obstacles, the trade to a country in economic crisis goes on regardless

Angry workers denounce Mpumalanga coal haulier

National Magnificent Mndebele - 16 Dec 2020

Current and former workers at SG Coal, a large company that has a monopoly on coal hauling in the province, have accused it of unbearable working conditions and unfair treatment

Pandemic of human rights abuses haunts governments in East and Southern Africa

Africa Deprose Muchena - 14 Dec 2020

In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions

Published contracts are a powerful antidote to corruption

Opinion Mark Robinson - 13 Dec 2020

The oil, gas and mining industries will benefit from the extractive industries transparency initiative in 2021

Al-Shabab’s terror in Mozambique

Africa Paolo Israel - 30 Nov 2020

Amid reports of brutal, indiscriminate slaughter, civilians bear the brunt as villages are abandoned and the number of refugees nears half a million

The Portfolio: Mário Macilau

Friday Sean O Toole - 20 Nov 2020

Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau uses performance and play to expand the meaning of his work

Baby Awa: The miracle baby born on a boat fleeing Mozambique’s violence

Africa Luis Nhachote - 26 Oct 2020

More than 300 000 people in the north of the country have been displaced by militants who ransack villages and then burn them down.

The natural resource curse in Cabo Delgado

Africa Nation Nyoka - 21 Oct 2020

A humanitarian crisis looms as a violent insurgency continues to sweep over northern Mozambique. As many flee to safety, the question remains: who, or what, fuels the fire?

Mozambican authorities must stop the attack on media freedom

Africa Deprose Muchena - 8 Sep 2020

When journalists stop telling the truth about what’s going on in their country, when they stop exposing wrongdoing and corruption allegations, everyone suffers

Kidnappings shake Mozambique’s business community

Africa Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - 3 Sep 2020

Impunity for the perpetrators has analysts worried that the trend of kidnapping businesspeople in Mozambique may grow

Isis is not driving the Cabo Delgado war

Africa Joseph Hanlon - 25 Aug 2020

Can Frelimo and its backers continue to profit from a failing state while an armed insurgency rages in northern Mozambique? And will South Africa help prop them up?

Vital remittance flows plummet due to Covid-19 lockdown

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 14 Aug 2020

Money sent home by migrant workers in South Africa fell about 80% in April after the hard lockdown was instituted

Third time lucky: Will Mozambique’s peace deal last?

Africa Alex Vines - 6 Aug 2020

It’s been a year since Frelimo and Renamo signed the Maputo Accord. This time, the peace might just hold

Mozambique needs an intervention – but SADC must not rush in blindly

Africa Jasmine Opperman - 26 Jul 2020

Military intervention in Cabo Delgado must be aimed at protecting people first

The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence

Africa Webster Zambara & Annah Moyo-Kupeta - 13 Jul 2020

The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk

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Life and death at the Beitbridge border post

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Published contracts are a powerful antidote to corruption

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The Portfolio: Mário Macilau

Baby Awa: The miracle baby born on a boat fleeing Mozambique’s violence

The natural resource curse in Cabo Delgado

Mozambican authorities must stop the attack on media freedom

Kidnappings shake Mozambique’s business community

Isis is not driving the Cabo Delgado war

Vital remittance flows plummet due to Covid-19 lockdown

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Mozambique needs an intervention – but SADC must not rush in blindly

The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence

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