http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/508/ en_GB_uk Mozambique http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160439/1/ Erive Community Radio is bringing a change in the lives of young girls in Maganja da Costa. The UNICEF-supported station has led to a rise in enrollment in primary schools through its programmes promoting girls’ education. The station is run in partnership with Mozambique’s Social Communication Institute. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/157345/1/ Mozambique could face a massive food crisis later in the year unless action is taken to support farmers hit by the continuing floods, an international anti-poverty charity said today. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/156912/1/ Up to 250,000 people who were hit by the February 2007 floods in Mozambique may be about to lose everything once more, an international development charity has warned. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82084 An estimated 65,000 people - more than half of them children - have already been made homeless by rising flood waters in Mozambique and are living in emergency camps, a leading children's charity warned. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82039 About 60,000 Mozambicans have been affected by the flooding of the Zambezi river following unexpectedly heavy rains. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80851 Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano is the winner of the inaugural Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, which is worth $5 million over 10 years, $200,000 annually for life thereafter, and up to $200,000 a year for 10 years towards the winner's public interest activities and good causes. From Mo Ibrahim Foundation http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/153061/1/ The Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) has denounced a physical assault by a leading sports figure against a photo-journalist http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/151801/1/ MAPUTO, July 30 (IPS) - Over 1,000 Mozambicans, including children, are trafficked to South Africa every year where they are forced into prostitution or to provide free or cheap labour. In response, Mozambique's government last week approved a new law which will make human trafficking a crime punishable with long prison sentences. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/150818/1/ As international donors meet in Maputo to discuss Mozambique's development, Elísio Macamo uses the country as an example of how aid can undermine sovereignty - and why former President Joaquim Chissano - a man admired for his diplomatic skills, composure and good manners - got angry. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77846 Communities in Madagascar, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zambia are struggling to recover from a season of unusually heavy rains, cyclones, severe flooding, and extreme drought. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77763 Mozambique has said it will lead a green revolution in sub-Saharan Africa by using science and boosting innovation to improve crop varieties and relieve hunger in rural areas. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77400 Ana Chico, 36, gave birth to a boy as she was fleeing recent floods in Mozambique. She is now staying with her family in a relief aid camp. From: ActionAid International http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/146630/1/ A leading development charity says it is delivering relief aid to more than 20,000 people living in one of the worst affected areas of Mozambique where floods have displaced 170,000 people and killed at least 45. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77182 As floods continue to displace thousands of people in central Mozambique, Save the Children UK has urged that cash grants should be considered rather than food aid for long term recovery. Paul Harvey comments. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77020 China is to cancel all Mozambican public debt to China incurred in 1980-2005, President Hu Jintao announced yesterday. From: allAfrica.com * Christian Aid backs Benn over new Chinese loans to Africa