Your search

Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, entrusted Jean-Christophe Rufin in December 2022, on behalf of the partners of the Mozambique LNG project, with an independent mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the province of Cabo Delgado where the project is located. Jean-Christophe Rufin, a recognized expert in the field humanitarian action and human rights, has carried out several investigation field trips in Mozambique. TotalEnergies publishes his report as well as the...

O texto descreve os obstáculos históricos ao desenvolvimento de organizações da sociedade civil (OSC) em Moçambique, que conheceram um cenário mais acolhedor na Constituição de 1990. Mecanismos de apoio à sociedade civil capacitaram líderes locais, tornando-os melhor conhecedores de dispositivos legais, capazes de reunir evidências e de exercer impacto junto das populações. Contudo, as organizações enfrentaram problemas internos, relacionados com a ausência de recursos financeiros, com a...

The text describes the historical obstacles to the development of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Mozambique, which experienced a more welcoming scenario in the 1990 Constitution. Mechanisms to support civil society empowered local leaders, making them better knowledgeable of legal provisions, capable of gathering evidence and making an impact on the population. However, the organizations faced internal problems, related to the lack of financial resources, the training of their members...

Context: This research stemmed from learning and changes that occurred in the intervention strategy and budget of the POTENCIAR programme. In consultations and meetings between the Programme Management Unit (UGP) and various actors operating in this area, POTENCIAR’s partners identified — in a participatory and inclusive manner — the issue of grievance redress mechanisms as a problem that they can intervene on within the context of Pro-Accountability Initiatives (PAIs). Taking this...

Este projecto de investigação pretende, assim, humildemente, contribuir para a descolonização dos estudos urbanos em Moçambique e Portugal, e para a transmutação dos traumas da guerra em oportunidades de desenvolvimento sustentável e prosperidade urbana.

Este relatório fornece os resultados finais da avaliação do Subsídio para Criança 0-2 de Moçambique. O Subsídio Criança 0-2 é um subcomponente do Programa de Subsídio Social Básico (PSSB), um programa nacional liderado pelo Ministério de Gênero, Criança e Ação Social (MGCAS). A avaliação coincide com a fase de arranque da intervenção, que aconteceu até 2021 em quatro distritos seleccionados da província de Nampula. A intervenção segue uma metodologia de 'dinheiro e cuidado' e inclui três...

As in previous editions, the Statistical Yearbook 2021 contains information that makes it possible to draw a synthetic profile of Mozambique ́s socioeconomic reality in its multiple domains. It is part of the series of publications that the National Institute of Statistics (INE), in its mission to provide Mozambican society with statistical information that allows the knowledge of the reality of the country, makes available to users and the general public as a vehicle for the dissemination...

Feminist political economy has illuminated the gendered dimensions of the globalisation of production. Whilst this literature provides essential insights on gendered exploitation in export-oriented industries, women’s work in localised labour markets in the Global South remains underexplored. This paper seeks to address this gap by putting into dialogue three bodies of literature – feminist political economy of globalisation, political economy of development in southern Africa and the social...

In light of this research context and the different hypotheses that have been put forward, particularly those attributing the conflict to the dynamics of po-verty, social marginalization and the resource extrac-tion dynamics, an argument for a ‘new’ dimension of research in light of the conflict in Cabo Delgado is made. A wide range of information and analysis has been produced, but systematic analysis of broader processes of agrarian change in light of the conflict in Cabo Delgado and their...

In light of this research context and the different hypotheses that have been put forward, particularly those attributing the conflict to the dynamics of po-verty, social marginalization and the resource extrac-tion dynamics, an argument for a ‘new’ dimension of research in light of the conflict in Cabo Delgado is made. A wide range of information and analysis has been produced, but systematic analysis of broader processes of agrarian change in light of the conflict in Cabo Delgado and their...

Principal Findings What’s new? Militant attacks and security force operations in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province have claimed nearly 3,000 lives, while displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Insecurity has prompted the suspension of a massive gas project. The Islamic State (ISIS) claims ties to the insurrection. Southern African governments are lobbying to send troops. Why did it happen? Mozambican militants have been motivated by grievances against a state that they see as...

O que há de novo? Os ataques de militantes e as operações das forças de segurança na província moçambicana de Cabo Delgado já custaram praticamente 3000 vidas e deslocaram centenas de milhares de pessoas. A insegurança levou à suspensão de um gigantesco projeto de gás. O Estado Islâmico (ISIS) reivindica laços com a insurreição. Os governos do Sul de Africa estão a exercer pressão para o envio de tropas. Porque aconteceu? Os militantes moçambicanos foram motivados pelo descontentamento em...

Mais de 30.500 pessoas que abandonaram as suas casas devido aos ataques terroristas na vila de Palma em Março último continuam a enfrentar dificuldades de alimentação e de abrigo nos centros de acolhimento. A maioria está no centro de trânsito de Pemba e outros nos campos de deslocados de Metuge. A Matriz de Monitoria de Deslocamentos da Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM) continua a registar a chegada diária de deslocados que fogem da insegurança no norte de Cabo Delgado. As...

Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado Province has been an arena of armed conflict, translating into destruction and looting, abductions and killings of civilian populations. The conflict intensified throughout 2020, with attacks on district headquarters villages, leading to the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of individuals. The history of armed conflicts in Mozambique shows that they have had enormous impacts on the civilian population, placed between two opposing groups: rebel...

This exploratory research set out to survey possible points of entry for POTENCIAR programme interventions and gather methodological insights for the ethnographic research component of the programme’s analytical strategy. It wil be used alongside other analytical studies undertaken by POTENCIAR (including the health sector analysis and the political economy analyses) to identify and design programme interventions. Following an inductive method, the team sought to assess the conditions and...

Illicit flows are a major part of the political and economic landscape of northern Mozambique. In South Africa, the trade in poached abalone and the trafficking of synthetic drug still remain joined today. The impact that heroin capsules have had in Durban in terms of violence, profitability and local demand for heroin. How illicit gold from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo flows through Uganda

"Como é que um corrupto pode lutar contra si mesmo? É preciso uma espécie de revolução." As ameaças do governo. A guerra. E o deslocado que disparou contra insurgentes. Entrevista ao Bispo de Pemba.

French energy giant Total SE suspended its $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique indefinitely due to an escalation of violence in the area, including a March attack by Islamic State-linked militants.

Following the recent attacks in Palma Sede, DTM teams in Nangade, Mueda, Montepuez, and Pemba districts continue to register significant rise in IDP arrivals since 27 March. On 26 April 2021, an estimated number of 1,118 IDPs were registered in the four districts bringing the total number of IDPs to 27,913 people who have been displaced from Palma. IDPs continue to arrive in Nangade on foot and by bus from Nangade to Mueda, Montepuez, and Pemba.

In its first step to exit the coal business, Brazilian mining firm Vale will acquire all stakes held by Japanese trading house Mitsui in the Moatize coal mine and Nacala corridor coal infrastructure in Mozambique.