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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi review an honour guard before a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Maputo, 29 March 2018, MAURO VOMBE/AFP/Getty Images

Journalist in Mozambique abducted in broad daylight and tortured

Mozambican journalist and political analyst Ericino de Salema was abducted earlier this month and found unconscious several hours later after being assaulted and tortured.

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Online newspaper editor gunned down in Mozambique

Reporters Without Borders is alarmed to learn that Paulo Machava, the well-known editor of the online Diario de Noticias newspaper, was gunned down on a Maputo street today against a backdrop of tension for media personnel in Mozambique.

Link to: Gilles Cistac, professor and former government advisor, assassinated in Mozambique

Gilles Cistac, professor and former government advisor, assassinated in Mozambique

Over the past few weeks, Cistac had been the subject of verbal abuse by commentators aligned with the ruling party for his vocal support of opposition party Renamo’s demand for the creation of autonomous regions in Mozambique.

Link to: Mozambique fourth southern African country to adopt access to info law

Mozambique fourth southern African country to adopt access to info law

Mozambique’s access to information bill seeks to create greater transparency and generate public participation. However, it has also been the subject of some criticism with respect to whether it adequately enforces the right in all its dimensions.

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Mozambique: Access to information bill approved by Parliamentary Assembly

If passed, Mozambique will become the fourth country in southern Africa to adopt an access to information law.

Link to: District administrator shuts down radio station in Mozambique

District administrator shuts down radio station in Mozambique

The coordinator of Furancungo Plateau Community Radio says his station was shut down over its outspoken reporting on life in the Mozambican district where it is based.

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Journalist sentenced in criminal libel case

Falume Chabane was sentenced to a 16-month suspended prison term and ordered to pay damages after reporting on a dispute between a private school and the family of a disabled student.

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Police officers threaten to kill journalist

Victor Muvale was threatened after he wrote an article about a police assault on a young man who had been caught for failing to carry his identity card.

Link to: Parliament to debate freedom of information bill

Parliament to debate freedom of information bill

MISA spent over three years in lengthy consultations, drafting a bill to establish the necessary procedures so that the right of the public to information becomes a reality.

Link to: Prominent journalist receives death threats

Prominent journalist receives death threats

The threats follow the publication of an editorial written by Salomao Moyana in which he criticised the “political inconsistency” of Renamo party leader Afonso Dhlakama.

Link to: Journalists threatened, denied access to Renamo leader

Journalists threatened, denied access to Renamo leader

Reporters who went to the former rebel movement leader’s home to inquire about his health were forcefully turned away by his bodyguards.

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Radio journalist beaten by opposition party supporters

Journalist Alfane Momade Antonio was attacked by supporters of Renamo, the country’s main opposition party.

Link to: Newspaper editor’s convicted murderer is behind bars again

Newspaper editor’s convicted murderer is behind bars again

RSF is relieved to learn that Anibal Dos Santos Junior, the fugitive killer of journalist Carlos Cardoso, has been recaptured in South Africa.

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Police demand that journalist reveal sources

The Criminal Investigation Police in the province of Cabo Delgado are demanding that a journalist reveal his sources for a story which angered local military officers.

Link to: Journalist detained for one month, another journalist threatened by official over his reporting

Journalist detained for one month, another journalist threatened by official over his reporting

(MISA/IFEX) – On 15 April 2009, MISA-Mozambique denounced the intimidation of two radio journalists in the northern province of Niassa, one of whom was illegally detained by the police. Felismino Jamissone is a producer for a community radio station in the Niassa district of Mecanhelas. He produces a programme on human rights, which has frequently […]

Link to: Journalist Bernardo Carlos receives death threats from provincial governor

Journalist Bernardo Carlos receives death threats from provincial governor

(MISA/IFEX) – MISA-Mozambique has received reports that Tete provincial governor, Ildefonso Muananthat, has threatened journalist Bernardo Carlos with death in apparent anger over his reporting. Carlos is a journalist with the daily publication “Noticias”. Governor Muananthat threatened Carlos on 16 and 17 March 2009 while touring the Mágoè district in his province. While addressing a […]