Topic: Mozambique

Refugees fight to stay in one of South Africa's last, battered camps

Congolese and Somali migrants forced to flee their homes during last year's brutal anti-foreigner violence say it's too dangerous for them to leave the Blue Waters camp near Cape Town.

Green Stuff: eco-news

New discoveries about reefs, pinniped evolution, and climate change.

Big turnout in South African elections

Voters express frustration with ANC, but a large turnout favors the ruling party.

A texting entrepreneur embodies spirit of a new Rwanda

Jeff Gasana's goal is to make his award-winning company the leading cellphone-banking service in East Africa.

Madagascar 'coup' riles African, international allies

New leader Andry Rajoelina has asserted control as the South African Development Community threatens to suspend Madagascar.

Africans improvise the movie house

Surround sound, it’s not. But a bamboo-and-mud hut is all it takes to draw film audiences ready for entertainment at 40 cents a ticket.

With no money, vacationers get creative

A family from Zimbabwe didn't have cash to pay the people carrying their baggage. What to do?

In praise of pragmatic foreign policy

US presidents often swing between realism and idealism. Obama should reject both.

Zimbabwe cholera outbreak threatens regional stability

Disease is the latest sign of breakdown in the most basic government services. As the problem spreads, neighboring nations may increase pressure on Mugabe to step down.

The saga of a runaway elephant bull

It was a harrowing scramble to save man and beast when G5, a seven-ton elephant bull, escaped a Mozambique national park.

Farming superpower Brazil spreads its know-how

It is bringing the technologies of tropical farming to other parts of Latin America, and to Africa and Asia.

Fund the fight against global poverty

The Millennium Challenge Corporation is a critical investment.

Equine refugees find a future in African tourism

Zimbabwean farm horses endangered by land takeovers were spirited away to safety in Mozambique by one determined couple.

Key players in Kenya's peace deal

Now more than ever, Olympic teams go multinational

Increasingly, athletes are switching national alliances – sometimes for money, but also for better training opportunities or a chance to compete in a sport that’s too saturated with talent back home.

The U.N. can end these wars

It alone has enough clout to bring about peace in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Where cashew is king, it fails to rule the economy

Mozambique struggles to regain global reach for its nut.

South African authorities prepare to deport hundreds of immigrant workers

The deportations follow a string of xenophobic attacks. The crackdown began on as South Africa moved to convene negotiations between Zimbabwe's warring political parties.

Mozambique's informal street traders strive to survive

'Car guard' Titos Ernesto represents the developing world's legions of small-time, off-the-books entrepreneurs.

Mozambique's informal street traders strive to survive

'Car guard' Titos Ernesto represents the developing world's legions of small-time, off-the-books entrepreneurs.

South Africa's president calls attacks on immigrants shameful

President Mbeki says end 'attacks against Africans' and welcome them back home. But a police raid on a transit camp sends another message.

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Mozambique struggles to accommodate refugees from South Africa

Xenophobic violence forced many to flee. Now, they face an uncertain future inside transit camps.

South African churches mobilize as anti-foreigner violence flares

Church and community centers have been providing refuge for tens of thousands fleeing recent anti-immigrant violence.

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