MOZAMBIQUE: DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS Elections: Small parties give 15 days to donors to withdraw support to the country A group of about 30 small parties gave, Wednesday, a period of two weeks the international community to withdraw support for the government of Mozambique and enact economic sanctions on the country. The group made up a "Platform of Territorial extra-parliamentary political parties”, met with officials of the group of 19 donor countries warning that is not responsible for the consequences if the recommendations are not followed. http://www.clubofmozambique.com/pt/sectionnews.php?secao=mocambique&id=14263&tipo=one Oldemiro Baloi in Cuba The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Oldemiro Baloi, sent this week, the Mozambican delegation that participated in the Seventeenth Session of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation and Scientific between Mozambique and Cuba held in Havana, Cuba. During the session of the Joint Committee, an evaluation of bilateral cooperation since the year 2007 and approved the Bilateral Cooperation Program for 2009-2011 biennium. At the end of the session, Oldemiro Baloi and Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, signed the Bilateral Cooperation Protocol for the 2009/2010 period, whose activities are focused on providing specialized technical assistance to the Cuban sectors of Health, Education, Culture, Higher Education, among others. The protocol provides for the transmission to Mozambique, 150 doctors and 220 teachers to support the sectors of Health and Higher Education, respectively, over the next two years. http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/898480 Use of public funds in the campaign in Nampula: Frelimo throw blame on state officials In most of the country, the visibility of the Frelimo electoral campaign is partly subsidized by the use of the state resources, especially cars and motorcycles. In national legislation the act constitutes a violation of the law. In Nampula, the use of state resources is visible in caravans of Frelimo, with cars of almost all provincial directors, heads of departments and directors of schools. However, the Secretary for Mobilization and Propaganda of Frelimo in this Province, Lourenço Sabonete, claimed that his party does not use resources of the State but of their comrades. He also said he has no responsibility to employees who use the resources of the state, because they act individually. Savana. 9th October, 2009. RENAMO without supervisors of elections in Inharrime RENAMO may not have the required number of delegates to supervise the elections of 28 October in Inharrime district, Inhambane province. According to the RENAMO political delegate in that district, Paturane Luis, until now, the number of registered delegates to fill the 120 seats in 61 polling stations will operate at that point in the country on election day is less than half. This reality is due to the dissatisfaction of RENAMO militants allegedly because from the beginning of the voting system in Mozambique (1994), they still did not receive subsidies in respect of their services in the polling stations. http://www.opais.co.mz/opais/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2915:renamo-sem-fiscais-das-eleicoes-em-inharrime&catid=63:politica&Itemid=273 Use of child labor prevails in the country About 22% of children aged five to fourteen years are engaged in child labor in the country, according to data released by the Multiple Cluster Survey Indicator. The study also shows that the percentage of children 'exploited' is higher in rural areas, where 25% of this age group is involved in the children, against 15% in urban areas. O País. 9th October, 2009