Mozambique

Machel: Mozambique must tackle broad food crisis (AP)

September 10th, 2010

AP - The widow of independent Mozambique’s first president says the debate over food in her impoverished homeland does not end with the government’s reversal on bread prices.

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Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)AP - Mozambique’s economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media…

Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)AP - A few pennies’ increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry — and erupting in anger —…

Gunfire continues in Mozambique; police say 4 dead (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country. (AP Photo/Nastasya Tay)AP - Angry protesters burned tires on the streets of Mozambique’s capital and a TV station said at least one person was killed Thursday, a day after at least four…