OFFICIAL COMPLICITY IN MOZAMBICAN ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER

A journey into the depths of poaching kingdom

Text and photos: Estacios Valoi 26/09/14

(www.http://oxpeckers.org/) As elephant poaching statistics continue to rise in northern Mozambique, a year-long investigation by Oxpeckers associate and from Forum for African Investigative Reporters(FAIR) Estacios Valoi exposes official complicity in the slaughter.

A poacher said the Russian Mauser used to kill this female elephant and her baby were supplied by a tax officer in Quirimbas National Park

Mozambique: Guebuza Succession Dilemma

In June 2002, during the course of the 8th Congress of Frelimo, which was considered a “transition in induced childbirth”, Guebuza was elected, for the first time in the history of the party that has directed the destinies of Mozambicans since the independence, as Secretary General and automatically as a candidate to succeed Joaquim Chissano.

25 September 2013 , By Luis Nhachote, Published in @Verdade

Renamo threatens Mozambique economic take-off

An economic take-off in Mozambique — driven by bumper coal and gas discoveries two decades after the end of a civil war — is facing disruption from disgruntled former guerrillas who feel they have not benefited from the post-conflict dividend.

Big Costs, Big Risks: Mozambican shares in Rovuma Natural Gas

Financing Mozambique’s ownership stake in the first phase of Rovuma LNG will cost billions of dollars. The government does not have the right to pay for its share out of future production, and must borrow the money to pay it up-front share. The risks and costs are high.

By  Center for Public Integrity, 29/04/2013

Mozambicans see echoes of civil war

While much of Mozambique enjoys the fruits of peace, in one central town recent violence has left unsettling echoes of a civil war that ended more than two decades ago.

Mozambique: Three More of Cardoso’s Assassins Released

Maputo — The tenth section of the Maputo City Court has released three more of the six men convicted, in 2003, of murdering Mozambique’s foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso.

Ministro e ex. Ministro da Agricultura no tráfico de Madeira de Moçambique para a China

Trata-se do actual Ministro da Agricultura José Pacheco, o ex. Tomas Mandlate envolvidos no contrabando da madeira de Moçambique para a china em números astronómicos comparativamente as quantidades de corte anual estabelecidas pelos Serviços de floresta e fauna Bravia.

Gutsy Exposés, Undercover Work Win Top Honors at 2012 African Investigative Journalism Awards

A courageous effort by the Sunday Times in South Africa into the operations of a police death squad won the top prize in the 2012 African Investigative Journalism Awards.

Mozambique: Os tentáculos do poder / The tentacles of power

Na última edição do Boletim Informativo do Centro de Integridade Pública, o jornalista Milton Machel assina uma peça que nos dá conta de que o Conselho de Ministros aprovou uma série de Concessões Empresariais, Parcerias Público-Privadas e regulamentação específica que beneficiam directamente interesses económicos da Nomenklatura. O artigo apresenta uma visão panorâmica da imensidão e profundidade da captura do Estado moçambicano por interesses político-partidários 

Conference: Digging up dirt on southern Africa mining deals

Africa’s vast mineral wealth has often fueled brutal civil wars that killed tens of thousands of people and completely destroyed economies and societies.

Mozambique: ITALMO Forcada a Processar Governo Zambezia

A empresa ITALMO, uma sociedade por cotas de capital misto, Italia-Mocambique , a operar no territorio nacional lesada pelo governo mocambicano na provincia da Zambezia.   Licenciada em finais de 2004 e com  inicio das  actividades em  2005, viu os seus  milhoes de meticais desapareceram dos cofres do Distrito e em 2008 leva o caso a tribunal.

[EN: ITALMO forced to sue government of Zambezia]