Zenaida Machado
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Senior Researcher @HRW. Always a Journalist. Former @BBCAfrica. Tweets about Africa, mostly Angola & Mozambique. Retweets not endorsements.
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This girl is trying to dry her books, a week after cyclone idai destroyed almost everything in her city Beira. (Photo by Midia Lab). As the rain stops, and floodwaters go away, we begin to uncover the long term consequences of this natural disaster. #Mozambique needs your help!
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Night 2 of the “pots and pans” protest in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambicans are finding creative ways to show their discontent towards the government, election irregularities, police brutality, etc etc…
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Dear African leaders,.No that you have been to US-Africa summit, Europe-Africa summit, China-Africa summit, Russia-Africa summit. is it possible to use the acquired experiences to organize a Africa-Africa summit, sign deals among yourselves and promote business btw Africans?.
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A boy walks on the streets of Maputo wearing a paper made bullet-proof vest. As the unrest enters a crucial time, security forces should remember that their primary job is to protect children like this boy. Stop killing them!.(Don't know the photographer)
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"There is no longer anything I can fear." - Winnie Mandela. Rest in Peace, mama.
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Any European citizen has more visa free access in Africa than the continent's richest man.
Africa's richest man - Aliko Dangote - says he needs 35 visas to travel in Africa on his Nigerian passport. A French passport has more visa-free access in Africa than Dangote
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For the first time in many many years, Angolan activists were able to protest peacefully at the independence square in Luanda. No dogs, no horses, no batons. Well done, Angolan Police. Continue like this.
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Mozambique Police teargas people who gathered this morning to peacefully protest at the scene of the brutal killing of opposition lawyer, Elvino Dias and a party official, Paulo Guambe. This is clear disproportionate of force. 1st People have the right to peacefully protest.
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Two Mozambique opposition prominent figures killed. Paulo Guambe, Podemos party representative and Elvino Dias, party lawyer were shot dead on friday night by unknown gunmen. Reports say the car the victims were in was riddled with at least 25 bullet holes. Podemos is set to
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It used to be difficult for media to reach Isabel Dos Santos. Even when Forbes named her “richest woman in Africa”, she wasn’t available to reveal her success secrets. Now she is very available. She wants to explain how she got rich. We already know that. The courts have told us.
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There were 0 (zero) covid19 cases reported in Mozambique on Nov 27. There are no reports of chaos in hospitals either. On the same day, the American CDC was advising Americans to not travel to Moz due to "very high levels" of covid in the country. Are we missing something here?
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Another night of the pots and pans protest in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.
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Maputo this morning, following new call for protests. Congested roads, public transport not moving, private transport stuck in traffic….Protests leader instructed people to park their cars in the middle of the roads from 8 am to 4 pm. Mayor’s office has a difficult task ahead
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Maputo residents placed water bottles outside their homes for the protesters and teargas victims. Someone in the police, felt it was a good idea to send officers to collect the bottles. Such an embarrassing moment…
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The Mozambican women who braverly fought the colonial war alongside men. Why don't we study them more?
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Azagaia, the best rapper Mozambique ever produced, has died at the age of 38. Rest in peace, my friend. You had the bravery of singing what others were afraid of whispering. We will miss you!
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Breaking: The Angolan president has sacked Isabel Dos Santos as the head of state oil company, Sonangol. He has appointed a new board chaired by Carlos Saturnino.
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"There is no reason why we should import meat from Latin American when Zimbabwe and Zambia produce meat." Importing meat from Zambia & Zimbabwe "is cheaper, will create jobs and will develop the region." - Angolan president João Lourenço.
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Court in Angola orders seizure of properties belonging to businesswoman, Africa’s richest woman, Isabel Dos Santos & husband, including shares at Bank BFA & mobile phone company UNITEL. She reacted on social media with a “message of tranquillity and confidence” to her employees.
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This is how many areas of Mozambique look like after cyclone Freddy. There is still more rain coming up, and most rivers in the country’s central and southern regions have overflowed.
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Angola court uploads freedom of press. Journalists Rafael Marques & Mariano Bras free to go. “We can’t punish messengers of bad news. [public workers] should get used to be criticized”, judge says. Let this be the beginning of an era where journalists can work freely in Angola
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Since Saturday, over 2,000 people arrived on a beach in Pemba, from villages across Cabo Delgado, where insurgents are killing people, torching homes, chasing villagers away. Many used their own clothes to pay for the boat ride -they had no money. This beach is all they have now.
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35 years ago today, Samora Machel, the first president of Mozambique, was killed in a plane crash. Investigations into his death remain unclear.
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Mozambique’s Paulina Chiziane is the winner of the 2021 Camões Prize for literature, the top award to writers from Portuguese-speaking countries. 😍😍😍😍😍
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This video appears to show protesters peacefully marching, while police are ushering them. Then, officers of another branch of the security forces, jump out of a car and without warning, start firing at protesters. Was this premeditated or is just miscommunication among the
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"Is your religion or culture so weak that you need to deprive others of their fundamental human rights?"
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Angolan president has sacked the heads of intelligence service (Ze Maria) and police (Ambrosio Lemos). The two men had been re-assigned for another 5-year mandate by former president Dos Santos just before he left office. It seems the Dos Santos empire is falling apart.
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Some of the people arriving in Paquitequete (Pemba), since Saturday, after fleeing violence in northern Cabo Delgado, are visibly unwell. They have reportedly spent 4 days in a boat. I understand medical assistance provided by the state only arrived today.
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Marcia Castela, 24, a law graduate, is Mozambique's youngest MP. An important gain and inspiration for the youth and people with disabilities. She and 249 other MPs were inaugurated today, following October 2019 general elections.
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Angolan president, João Lourenço says he will give those people who took money from the country, a deadline to return it voluntarily. After the deadline, he will activate legal measures to bring the money by force.
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The 1st team of South Africans to respond to Cyclone Idai are back in their country. They've been replaced by a relief team, due to fatigue. MANY THANKS, guys. We will never be able to thank you enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Take your well deserved rest. God bless you!.
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I think Mozambican authorities are purchasing teargas at a very low cost. That is the only reasonable explanation for this nonsense. Or maybe police officers are just fascinated with this new toy that spray gas that hurts people… .This is beyond ridiculous…
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"Consider the 5-year-old boy I met on Friday. He’d been sitting in a caged area for nearly a day with older children he didn’t know; nobody told him where his mother was or what would happen to him" - @MichaelBochenek.
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The Angolan president and his wife taking time off during the holidays at Luanda beach. One can only hope that he continues to do this 0during his mandate. and that power and grid doesn't change him.
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“The sexual exploitation of women struggling to feed their families after #CycloneIdai is revolting and cruel and should be stopped immediately”.
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For the 1st in Mozambican history, a woman will run for president. Alice Mabota is a lawyer & a leading human rights activist. Back in the 90’s she was one first people to publicly challenge government abuses. She is a smart, fierce woman. and one of my favorite people.👌🏾
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The new post-election protest instruction is to wear black, stop the car, and hoot for 15 minutes from midday, for 3 days. This video was taken downtown. 1st day was very peaceful. Let's see what the police will do to keep things like this or turn this into a violent protest.
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Former president Guebuza's son is in court as a defendant in Mozambique's biggest corruption scandal aka "hidden debt case". The screenshot is from a Facebook channel showing the trial Live. There are +15k people watching it. Mozambicans want to know where did their money go.
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Big hug to all the men who are joining the women's marches around the world. We love you. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😊#WomensMarch #womensmarchlondon.
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This is Maputo, the capital of Mozambique - a place where a woman can be forced into a police vehicle - carried and dropped like a bag - for selling food on the streets, and a police officer is proud to seize a bucket containing soft drinks. This is tiring and embarrassing!
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Happy Birthday to Rosa Conde. She is in jail with other 16 Angolan activists, for discussing politics in a book club
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1st they discredit d press. Then, they take control, claiming to be "fixing it". "Whoever sleeps in a democracy wakes up in a dictatorship".
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The Angolan president has sacked the son of former president Dos Santos, José Filomeno Dos Santos, as the head of the country's sovereign wealth fund. Carlos Alberto Lopes is the new boss of the 5 billion fund.
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Angola this week: Dos Santos son, Jose Filomeno & former governor of Central Bank, Valter Filipe both formally charged with money laundering, former ruling party spokesman on house arrest, former ministry of transport Augusto Tomas detained dor corruption and money laundering.
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About 700 people - mostly women & children- who were displaced by violence in Cabo Delgado, arrived today in Pemba. They have been living in the bush for months, witnessed gruesome scenes of violence, lost everything. A man in Pemba is accommodating almost 50 people at his home.
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"The best protection a woman can have…is courage.".Elizabeth Cady Stanton.Ps. I don't know who took the photo.
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Mozambican police abusively using g teargas and rubber bullets again peaceful protesters. These were fans and activists who wanted to pay tribute to rapper Azagaia, and they had the authorisation to march.
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Donald Trump may go down in history as the man who managed to unite the world against hate and racism. This was today, in London.
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Dhlakama dead. No succession plan in Renamo. Hundreds of armed men in the bush. Who will control those men? Who will negotiate peace with the govnt? Some of the questions in my mind as I digest the news of the passing of one of the most important political leaders in Mozambique.
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Humans left the Costa do Sol beach in Maputo - due to restrictions brought by #COVID19, the Flamingos came back to enjoy some quietness. Photo by Yassmin Forte. #AGoodNoteOnTimesOfCoronavirus
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The Angolan government has approved a decree to allow a 4th telecom company to operate in the country. And this could be the end of Isabel Dos Santos telecomunications monopoly.
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This is unacceptable. These children went to school today because the authorities urged people to resume their activities, despite the announced protests. Yet the same authorities put the children at risk. School grounds are not battlegrounds! @Martinez_Elin @ZamaHRW @KippenbergJ.
#Mozambique 🇲🇿: panic broke out at the Castro Teofilo school in #Tete as riot police, in pursuit of anti-government protesters, reportedly threw tear gas grenades on the school ground.
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José Eduardo Dos Santos 4 decades of absolute power has ended. During his farewell speech he admitted for the first time that he made mistakes. But he did not say what were his mistakes. A new era for Angola and MPLA begins today. What do you expect to see from now on?
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ALERT: Two South African journalists, Bongani Siziba and Sbonelo Mkhasibe, working @NewsCentralTV are missing in Mozambique. They were apparently detained while covering the protests in Maputo, and have since been incommunicado.
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Mozambican journalist João Chamusse has been found dead at his home. Reports suggest he was killed by assailants and that neighbors heard him screaming for help in the early hours of this Thursday. He was the editor of electronic paper “Ponto por Ponto” and a resident commentator
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Angolan president has announced a reshuffle at the military house. No reason given for the changes. It follows the arrest of 6 generals named in a corruption probe case lat week. One of them was detained while in possession of 2 bags with 10 million Dollars & 4 million euros.
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Abortion march underway in Luanda. No reports of incidents. Police doing their job of protecting the march.
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Mozambican riot police killed at least one person and injured several others this afternoon in Ressano Garcia, border with South Africa, when they fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a funeral crowd. The victims were attending the funeral o blogger Mano Shottas, who was
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For those waiting for SADC’s reaction to Palma events, I should tell you that in Mozambique, people are also waiting to hear from the SADC chairman - but in his capacity as Mozambican president, commander in chief of the armed forces in charge of operations in Cabo Delgado.
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This is the statue of Alberto Chipande, the man who is said to fired the gunshot that started the colonial liberation war in Mozambique. Protestors in Pemba brought it down. This is the new generation of Mozambicans. They don’t care about what Frelimo did in the past - they were
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State prosecutors in Mozambique’s province of Manica, have accused a 6 year-old comedian of insulting the police after the boy and friends made a video mocking police corruption. I honestly didn’t believe this story until I watched the 8 pm news. What’s wrong with this country?
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Tonight, the pots&pans protest went beyond the Maputo city center. Across the city, people went to streets and balconies to beat pots, pans while shouting "this country is ours" and "Venancio". You may not like Venancio Mondlane and his methods. But you have to admit: this man
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The Mozambican president has sent an invitation for dialogue to the opposition leader Venancio Mondlane. In the invitation, Mondlane is even called “your excellency”. This is the same Mondlane the state prosecutor has charged with serious crimes against the state and got a court
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Until 10 months ago, Carlos Saturnino was a senior manager at Sonangol. He was sacked by Isabel Dos Santos who called him incompetent. President Lourenço appointed him as his senior adviser when he took office. Now appoints him as Sonangol boss. Life!!!.
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São Tomé held elections yesterday. Vote count ended. Incumbent president lost. No violence, no fraud. Media has ignore this African story.
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This is Buzi town, in Sofala province. It’s home of 200,000 who are at risk as town submerges under rising flood waters. Weather authorities in Mozambique are forecasting more heavy rains, with winds & thunderstorms. Rescue teams should move quick to save people. #CicloneIdai
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Best thing I have seen today. A South African man wants to know if it is safe to travel to Mozambique after the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The response from a Mozambican man is priceless.
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From “Africa’s richest woman” to “Woman wanted for crimes of embezzlement, fraud, influence peddling and money laundering”….Life moves fast ohhh
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Mozambican president Nyusi has signed the law that extends maternity leave from 60 to 90 days, and paternity leave from 3 to 7 days. 🤗👏👏👏.
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This is now a meme in Mozambique. Anyone travelling along N1, is taking a picture next ro the potholes. I hope someone in government will feel embarrassed and order construction works.
This pictire was apparently taken somewhere along Mozambique's main north-south road. I can't confirm if these people were indeed there. But i can confirm that large part of the road looks exactly like that. In many cases, trucks cars get damaged because of the excessive potholes
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I took time off from this Mozambique election, to keep my mental sanity. In my retreat, I expected any type of breaking news - except this one. When I got a text in the dawn, about the assassination, my brain was too tired to follow it up. This morning, when I woke up, the.
Two Mozambique opposition prominent figures killed. Paulo Guambe, Podemos party representative and Elvino Dias, party lawyer were shot dead on friday night by unknown gunmen. Reports say the car the victims were in was riddled with at least 25 bullet holes. Podemos is set to
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Watch cyclone #Dineo landfalling in Inhambane province, southern Mozambique. Video recorded by Brian Jefferies.
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The daughter of former president Dos Santos of Angola, an elected MP, has not attended a single parliament session this year. She's been away from the country. But she got her salaries. This week, parliament suspended her mandate. Her reaction: "The president is a ditactor".
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On Mozambican women's day, this Mozambican artist decided to reveal these pictures with the national flag. Later on the same day, the minister of tourism, arts and culture (whom we rarely hear from) issued a statement threatening to sue her for "insulting a national symbol".
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News just in: The head of Mozambique Intelligence Services (SISE), Bernardo Lidimba, has died in a car crash, the minister of interior said in a statement.
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Mozambique banned d selling of d "Cannabis" energy drink bcoz, according to an official document, the cannabis image on d can incites people to consume d drug. Following this logic, maybe they should consider banning d country's flag as d AK47 image could incite people to kill?
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Filomeno Dos Santos, the son of Angola’s ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, and his business partner Jean-claude Bastos de Morais, was detained this afternoon in a $500 million embezzlement case.
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As Mozambicans put the rumors about a 3rd term to rest, let's take a moment to appreciate this rare image showing two former presidents (Chissano and Guebuza), a soon to be former president (Nyusi) and a potential future president (Chapo), all in the same room.
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Let's put a pause on politics. and enjoy this beautiful moment between president Filipe Nyusi and some Mozambican children. #OurChildren #FloresQueNuncaMurcham
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“We are not China’s colony” says Botswana over a controversial Dalai Lama visit.
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Travelling across Mozambique, you will find at least one Somali restaurant or Nigerian shop in every town. Kudos to you African brothers!.
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Because of #COVIDー19 , the use of face masks if now compulsory in Mozambique. But the government says it doesn't have money to distribute free masks to everyone. So Mozambicans are being creative. Some make fabric masks with local campulanas. Others. well.
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Isabel dos Santos has started negotiations with the Angola government, in order to pay back the money she took from the state. So much interviews and denials for what? .
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ALERT: Journalists detained in Angola. 3 journalists namely Suely de Melo, Carlos Tomé and Santos Samusseca (pictured) are in police custody, 24 hrs after they were detained by the Angolan Police for covering an anti-government protest. @hrw @CPJAfrica
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It's good to see so many black South Africans visiting Mozambique this festive season. Maputo-Katembe bridge removed an old barrier and brought us closer. Welcome my brothers and sisters. Enjoy your Christmas and in 2019, please, come back whenever you want. and feel at home.
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Angolans marched this Saturday, in Luanda, for a country free of hunger and poverty. The event was organised by the main opposition party, Unita. Good to see so many Angolans on the streets exercising their right to peacefully protest and assembly without Police interference.
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There is so much to say about this latest press conference of the Mozambique police chief ahead of Wednesday planned protests. I will leave the video here for you to make your own judgement.
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This cartoon describes the situation in Cabo Delgado perfectly well. Sadly it also shows how the Mozambican government's priorities are so misplaced.
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Salute to our heroine Josina Machel and all the courageous women who fought for our liberation. Happy April 7, the Mozambican women's day.
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Thousands attend a rally in the Angolan capital, Luanda , organized by the main opposition party, UNITA on Saturday. No incidents reported.
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Isabel dos Santos' bank manager at EuroBic found dead in Portugal, according to local press, a day after the bank severed ties with the Angola billionaire following #LuandaLeaks. This is becoming a telenovela.
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“The Mozambican government should urgently establish a national database of missing people to help families identify and locate their relatives.”.
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