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Why America and Europe will work behind the scene to have Joyce Banda elected

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Soon after independence in 1975, the country of Mozambique was plunged into a protracted civil war pitting the ruling FRELIMO party against the RENAMO rebels. RENAMO fighters will always be remembered as some of the most brutal fighters Africa has ever seen. In the later 1980s a woman refugee crossed into Mulanje district. Her story was particularly distressing. Read More

Rio Tinto Responds to critical Reports on its Practices in Mozambique Coal Fields

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JOHANNEBSURG, June 4 – In a welcome move, the Anglo-Australian mining giant, Rio Tinto, has responded to a recent report from the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) entitledCoal versus Communities in Mozambique: Exposing poor practices by VALE and Rio Tinto, which highlighted a number of serious concerns about the resettlement programme and treatment of local communities by Rio Tinto and... Read More

Mozambique: Exposing poor practices by Vale and Rio Tinto

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Research by Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) - Coal Versus Communities in Mozambique JOHANNESBURG: On January 10th, the activities of two of the world’s largest mining companies – Brazil’s Vale and Anglo-Australian multinational Rio Tinto – in Mozambique hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Enraged at the way they have been resettled, hundreds of protestors blocked the railway... Read More