· October, 2011

Stories about Mozambique from October, 2011

Mozambique: Uniting Small Farmers for a Better Tomorrow

  24 October 2011

Mr. Júlio dos Santos Pêssego is one of the principal leaders of the "peasant movement" in Niassa province in Mozambique. He helps organize community groups that work to defend land rights, increase food production and bring prosperity to farming families.

Mozambique: Rare photo of President dancing

  21 October 2011

A photo of President Guebuza dancing has gone “viral” by Mozambican standards on Facebook, with over 500 likes and 440 comments. @ Verdade newspaper photographer Miguel Mangueze captured the rare moment.

Commemorating Mozambique's Founding Father, Samora Machel

  19 October 2011

Mozambique commemorates on October 19, 2011, the 25th anniversary of the loss of its founding father and President Samora Machel, who was killed in a plane crash in Mbuzini, South Africa on October 19, 1986. The government declared 2011 the "Year of Samora Machel".