Mozambique’s transgender history is on display in a powerful photo exhibition: A pioneering queer photo exhibition that was staged 20 years ago in Mozambique and South Africa has found new life and a new audience. Manas 2000-2024, by the Danish photographer Ditte Haarløv Johnsen, opened at the French-Mozambican Cultural Centre, in the capital Maputo, on …
Paulina Chiziane, Mozambique’s grand novelist, finally receives her prestigious award: Paulina Chiziane in Portugal after being awarded the Camões Prize for writers from Portuguese-speaking countries. Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images Paulina Chiziane, the first woman to publish a novel in Mozambique, has become the first African woman to receive the most important award for Portuguese …
Dung beetles: expedition unearths new species on Mozambique’s Mount Mabu: A landscape view of Mabu Forest, Zambezia, Mozambique. Gimo Daniel/Author. Mount Mabu in north central Mozambique supports the largest continuous block of rainforest in southern Africa. The Mabu Forest was originally inhabited by hunters of the Manhawa ethnic group. Its name refers to “beekeeping” in …
What lies behind Mozambique’s failure to find lasting peace and true democracy: Displaced women and children shelter in temporary camps in Metuge, after fleeing from armed militants in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique. EFE-EPA/Luisa Nhantumbo Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975 following a bloody liberation war that lasted about 11 years. But independence did not …
Pasha 128: Why Rwanda is involved in Mozambique’s security: GettyImages Islamic militias in the northern part of Mozambique, the province of Cabo Delgado, have mounted an armed insurgency against the Mozambican government since 2017. The conflict appears to tap into anger about the region’s chronic poverty, unemployment and weak public services under the Frelimo-led government …
Search for elusive skinks is filling gaps in Mozambique’s biodiversity data: A specimen of _Proscelotes aenea_ collected by Loveridge in 1918 in Lumbo, Mozambique, now kept at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Every morning the phone buzzes, many times in short succession, as the students send photo after photo of …
Mozambique’s fossil fuel drive is entrenching poverty and conflict: Oil and gas extraction can have dire consequences for the countries in which it takes place. ARMBRUSTERBIZ/Pixabay Earlier this year, militants stormed the coastal town of Palma, Mozambique, which lies close to vast plants for extracting liquefied natural gas (LNG). Dozens of people were killed and …
Mozambique’s difficult decade: three lessons to inform next steps: A child plays in a street in the port village of Paquitequete near Pemba, northern Mozambique. The region suffered decades of neglect, and major gas projects have failed to deliver local benefits. Photo by Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images At the start of the last decade, …
South Africa in the news: ‘There’s a big difference between the first variant and this one’: Mozambique’s growing Covid crisis: At first it seemed the country had been spared the worst. But then neighbouring South Africa discovered a highly infectious new variant …: “South Africa” – BingNews Arnold Schwarzenegger says Boris Johnson is the ‘real …
South Africa in the news: ‘There’s a big difference between the first variant and this one’: Mozambique’s growing Covid crisis: At first it seemed the country had been spared the worst. But then neighbouring South Africa discovered a highly infectious new variant …: “South Africa” – BingNews COVID-19: Canada expects nine million Pfizer doses by …
South Africa in the news: Southern African leaders concerned by Mozambique’s rebels: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Five southern African leaders expressed their concern at the extremist violence in northern Mozambique and said they will consider “a proportionate regional response” at another …: “South Africa” – BingNews Why did Didiza’s dept give SAFDA R158m? – Annette Steyn: …
South Africa in the news: South Africans reportedly killed as Jihadist insurgents overrun hotel in Mozambique’s Palma: This could not be confirmed. Lunga Ngqengelele, the spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation told Daily Maverick; “I can confirm as Dirco that we are aware …: “South Africa” – BingNews Hope to launch …
Women’s memories of food offer insights into Mozambique’s liberation struggle: © Jonna Katto We don’t just taste food. Aromas, visual images, sounds and touch are equally part of our eating experience. Food also evokes feelings. We can experience it with joy but also with displeasure. This sensorily evocative power of food makes it an important …