MOZAMBIQUE - DAILY FACTS DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE Chissano appointed as Adviser for the Bill Gates Foundation The former president, Joaquim Chissano, has been appointed as Adviser for the Bill Gates Foundation. According to a statement of the foundation, the choice of Joaquim Chissano was based on his political leadership and the gains that he brought to his people and the international community. http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/932515 Persists fear to denounce corruption - Governor of Zambézia The governor of Zambezia, Carvalho Muaria, recognizes that many citizens are afraid to report cases of corruption, whereas this does not help combat an evil that is an obstacle to development. For the leader, many projects and aid that the country receives for stimulating national development fail because of the phenomenon. He also appealed to all social sectors to a greater commitment and courage to fight the evil. http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/932489. About demonstrations: Mabote warns Dhlakama The leader of the Labor Party (PT), Miguel Mabote, warns the Afonso Dhlakama for the consequences of the demonstrations he wants to pursue in the country. He says that it could degenerate into bloodshed. Despite this warning, Mabote believes that the demonstrations will have little or almost no adherence because the population has sad memories of the war of 16 years and scenarios and Montepuez and Mocimboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province. http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/932516. Companies in Mozambique already able to apply for the Project of Support for Business Competitiveness A project to support the competitiveness and private sector development in Mozambique, especially SMEs, financed by the World Bank and Ireland, was Wednesday officially launched in Maputo. The project is estimated at US$26.62M. The project aims to contribute to poverty reduction by raising the private sector to generate employment. http://www.clubofmozambique.com/pt/sectionnews.php?secao=economia&id=14802&tipo=one Completion of the Sena Line faces many obstacles The rebuilding of the Sena Line is facing immense difficulties now in its final stage due to lack of concrete sleepers and frequent delays in the arrival of train service in the workplace. As a result, the work takes place at a much worse and even to the point where workers spend a few days without rigging due to lack of material, such as happened in last Monday. Note that the situation is happening when there are only 32Km to complete the project. http://macua.blogs.com/moambique_para_todos/2009/12/conclus% C3% A3o-the-line-of-sena-many-faces-entraves.html United States of America announced programs to support the provinces of Zambezia and Nampula The Embassy of the United States of America in Mozambique announced the launch of two development programs in Zambezia and Nampula. This is an investment of US$50M to be used for five years in each province. The programs aim to provide integrated services for health, HIV / AIDS, rural businesses, sanitation and hygiene, among other services to communities through partnerships between the beneficiaries of grants from the U.S. Government. http://www.rm.co.mz/. Revenue from Exports reaches US$310M in Sofala Revenue from export of various products from the province of Sofala, reached US$309.957.03. In the first half of 2009, Sofala placed in the external market products to the value of US$276.643.89, which came in addition to other US$33.313.14 from the third quarter. The most exported products were wheat flour and corn, shrimp, cotton, lumber, hydraulic cement, cotton seed and wheat bran. http://www.jornalnoticias.co.mz/pls/notimz2/getxml/pt/contentx/932461. HUMAN RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS "ADM" continued to pay works in the School of FRELIMO even after the arrest of Cambaza Maria Joao Coito, former Chairmain of SMS and manager of the shopping area of the company "Mozambique Airports" (ADM) that obeyed orders of the Chairman of that Company, Diodino Cambaza, "to safeguard her position." Antonio Loureiro, former technical administrator to the same company, temporarily replacing the Chairman, when Diodino Cambaza was arrested, admitted that he continued to make payments for the rehabilitation of the FRELIMO Central School, given that "the appointment had been signed" http://www.canalmoz.com/default.jsp?file=ver_artigo&nivel=1&id=6&idRec=6921 Violation of Human Rights has reached extreme levels in Mozambique Speaking on the occasion of the passing of December 10, International Day of Human Rights, Fernando Penda Penda, Coordinator of Civic Education and Information of the Human Rights League (LDH), said the organization is concerned with the continuing deterioration of conditions of public safety. The police are increasingly practicing anarchy, indiscipline, corruption. It has totally lost professional ethics. Penda says that "episodes of arbitrary arrests, night interrogations, threats from agents of the State are normal in Mozambique." http://www.canalmoz.com/default.jsp?file=ver_artigo&nivel=1&id=6&idRec=6919