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5 July 2017
Many Mozambicans Aren't on Board With a Minister's Idea of Using Old Buses as Classrooms
"I have nothing against recycling, but to suggest that the children of the poor be squeezed into the old buses from the companies’ trash..."
26 June 2017
An Angolan Governor Loses His Job After Criticizing His Own Political Party in an Interview
Isaac Maria dos Anjos, ex-governor of the Angolan provínce of Benguela, is famous for his criticisms of the ruling MPLA party.
16 June 2017
Witch Doctors’ Latest Victims Are Bald Men in Mozambique, Police Say
"[I would like] a nation where the people looked for honest jobs and did not have to hurt or even take the lives of others," one blogger wrote.
13 June 2017
How a Case of Vigilante Tattoo Punishment Showcases Skepticism of Human Rights in Brazil
Two men tattooed "thief" and "scum" on a teen's forehead, thinking he had stolen a bicycle. The teen later told police he hadn't, but social media took the vigilantes' side.
8 June 2017
A Mozambican Politician Who Was Imprisoned for Corruption Returns to His Post After Release
"I do not believe that somebody should be rewarded like this, somebody who has at some point seriously offended the state."
4 June 2017
In a Much-Criticized Display of Wealth, the Angolan President's Son Spent Half a Million Euros at a Charity Auction
"...being the son of who you are, we suspect that this money came out of the state coffers, that is to say it is our money..."
21 April 2017
A São Paulo City Councilor Surprised Schools With an Inspection for ‘Leftist Indoctrination’
Fernando Holiday was inspired by the Escola Sem Partido (School Without Party) campaign, which divides opinion in Brazil.
13 April 2017
Two Mozambican Universities Want to Ban Short Skirts and Dreadlocks
"If the students follow these rules, it is because they don’t have the balls to assert their human rights, and they deserve the university where they study".
12 April 2017
Venezuelan Migrants Face Prejudice and Bureaucracy in Northern Brazil
Economic crisis and food shortages in Venezuela have sparked a wave of migrants into Brazil, which is now struggling to respond and meet humanitarian needs.
30 March 2017
What Role Did Brazilian Mainstream Media Play in the Murder of a Teenage Girl? This Filmmaker Wants to Know.
"Eloá’s story is the story of many Brazilians. Brazil is the fifth country in the world in terms of the number of women killed..."
22 March 2017
Angola Is on Its Way to Ban Abortion Entirely and Women Are Fighting Back
Angola could join the handful of countries in the world which currently ban abortion in all cases.
21 March 2017
Brazil’s Deadly Prison System and the Internet Comedians Cheering It On
A crisis in Brazil's prisons has raised alarms about systemic violence, and also highlighted a vocal segment of Brazilian society apparently cheering on the bloodshed.
9 March 2017
Controversial Sentence Highlights Mozambique's Problems Prosecuting Domestic Violence
A high-profile domestic abuse case is making waves in Mozambique, following a controversial sentence against the man who partially blinded a former president's daughter.
27 February 2017
The Story of a Gay, Black Man From the Outskirts of São Paulo Who Became a Filmmaker
"I'm not ashamed of making my videos up here and showing the place I call home. This is my reality."
23 February 2017
Erdogan's Purges Arrive in Angola
Critics say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has engineered a police crackdown in Angola on an international private school.
8 February 2017
Soldiers Outnumber Residents in Angola’s Oil-Rich Cabinda, Says Activist Marcos Mavungo
"The crisis is so big, hunger is so bad, illness is so bad that people die like chickens."
11 January 2017
Will 2017 Be a Year of Political Change in Angola? Most Think Not.
After 37 years in office is President José Eduardo dos Santos really going to step back from power, as he seemed to announce?
27 October 2016
Fonseca Says High Voter Abstention Doesn't Diminish His Presidential Win in Cape Verde
Jorge Carlos Fonseca won a recent presidential election in Cape Verde with 74 percent of the votes, renewing his term for another five years.
25 October 2016
Yet Another Socio-Environmentalist Is Murdered in Amazonia
Earlier this month, on October 13, two assassins on a motorcycle murdered Luís Alberto Araújo, the environmental secretary of the Brazilian town of Altamira, Pará State.
22 October 2016
A Short History of Halloween in Japan
Halloween in Japan has become a creepy tour de force. But trick-or-treating has never caught on. Why?
