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One country, Mozambique, is losing more than a thousand elephants to poachers every year - making it one of the nations most affected by Asia's increasing demand for ivory.   In the race to feed the hunger for ivory trinkets and carvings in the East, elephant poachers have found easy ... http://www.voanews.com/content/elephant-poachers-plague-mozambique/1647285.html http://www.voanews.com/content/elephant-poachers-plague-mozambique/1647285.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:06:49 -0400 Africa Jinty Jackson http://www.voanews.com/content/elephant-poachers-plague-mozambique/1647285.html#relatedInfoContainer Tension is rising in Mozambique between former civil war political foes, Renamo and Frelimo, with clashes leaving at five people dead -- four police officers and a Renamo commander -- and at least a dozen wounded.  The current violence follows months of political wrangling over local elections due later this year.   The latest violence between police and members of the opposition Renamo party took place in the town of Muxungue in the central part of the country, where Renamo enjoys ... http://www.voanews.com/content/rising-political-tension-violence-in-mozambique/1634717.html http://www.voanews.com/content/rising-political-tension-violence-in-mozambique/1634717.html Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:56:36 -0400 Africa Jinty Jackson Mozambique’s government wants to permanently resettle people living in the flood-prone Limpopo river basin after a devastating flood swept through the area last month.  Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina is pushing local authorities to be firm with people who want to return home - saying the risk of future floods is too great. The government is offering people plots of land on higher ground if they agree to move.  Close to 100 people died in the floods and more than 200,000 have been ... http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-pushing-to-resettle-resistant-flood-victims/1604303.html http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-pushing-to-resettle-resistant-flood-victims/1604303.html Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:52:22 -0500 Africa Jinty Jackson http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-pushing-to-resettle-resistant-flood-victims/1604303.html#relatedInfoContainer Mozambique’s government has agreed to talks demanded by former rebel group - turned opposition party Renamo.  This comes after Renamo’s leader, Afonso Dhlakama, last month returned to a remote former military base, threatening to plunge his country back into war unless the government agreed to talk to him.    Mozambique has been on edge since Renamo’s president, Afonso Dhlakama, moved back to an old bush camp in the remote Gorongosa Mountains and began giving civil war-era ... http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-government-to-talk-with-renamo-rebels/1551664.html http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-government-to-talk-with-renamo-rebels/1551664.html Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:49:50 -0500 Africa Jinty Jackson MAPUTO — Every day, tens of thousands of commuters cram into open trucks to begin their commute into Maputo, the capital of Mozambique.  City authorities say they are working on a transportation masterplan that will do away with these unsafe and unregulated taxis.  However, it is unclear what the alternative is, with only 200 municipal buses serving a city of nearly two million people. It’s a familiar sight in Maputo - an uncovered farm-style truck lurching toward the sprawling ... http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-capital-faces-transportation-headache/1495210.html http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-capital-faces-transportation-headache/1495210.html Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:54:51 -0400 Africa Jinty Jackson http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique-capital-faces-transportation-headache/1495210.html#relatedInfoContainer MAPUTO — The 15-member regional bloc known as the Southern African Development Community, or SADC, began meeting in the Mozambican capital, Maputo on Friday.  During the two-day meeting, heads of state will address several regional issues including Zimbabwe's ongoing political impasse.  SADC leaders are pressing Zimbabwe's leaders to agree on a draft constitution amid signs that President Robert Mugabe is unhappy with it.  The sudden departure of South Africa's ... http://www.voanews.com/content/zimbabwe_poliitcal_impasse_high_on_sadc_agenda/1490398.html http://www.voanews.com/content/zimbabwe_poliitcal_impasse_high_on_sadc_agenda/1490398.html Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:44:03 -0400 Africa Jinty Jackson http://www.voanews.com/content/zimbabwe_poliitcal_impasse_high_on_sadc_agenda/1490398.html#relatedInfoContainer MAPUTO - Authorities in Mozambique have rounded up 22 people in connection with kidnappings that have terrorized the Muslim community in recent months.   The government and Islamic leaders have agreed to work together to try to stop the crimes.   The call to prayer as dusk falls in the bustling heart of Mozambique's capital, Maputo. These days, heeding that call can be risky.  Kidnappers have snatched people leaving mosques in the past. The mysterious spate of ... http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique_struggles_to_find_source_of_kidnappings/1216360.html http://www.voanews.com/content/mozambique_struggles_to_find_source_of_kidnappings/1216360.html Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:43:11 -0400 Africa Jinty Jackson