Imagine the task of delivering temperature-sensitive vaccines in a country twice the size of California, depending on only dirt roads to reach the remote villages in need. In a developing nation such as Mozambique, VillageReach makes all the difference for children, women and men living in far-flung villages.

Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia account for about 40 percent of Africa’s population outside South Africa and almost one-half of its GDP. They all share a common economic trait: They are Africa’s emerging markets, according to an IMF report.
The same crucial developments that presaged the arrival of institutional financial investors [...]

Using music to spread the message of ecological sanitation to the most remote corners of Mozambique, Santos is empowering villagers to participate in sustainable development and rise up from poverty.

Via IRIN News
According to a recent study by international nonprofit organisation, Save the Children conducted in four Mozambican districts, including Bárue, widows and orphans are often stripped of their belongings by family members. The goods taken are rarely recovered. The country’s high AIDS-related mortality rate has made cases of disinheritance widespread. Government statistics reveal that [...]

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Mozambique’s former President Joaquim Chissano (see profile on BCC), who stood aside after leading his country to peace and democracy after years of civil war, won the first Mo Ibrahim Prize for African leadership on Monday.
The $5-million prize — the world’s largest individual award — was presented by former United [...]