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The Maputo Declaration on Rivers and Dams

PREAMBLE We, the social movements, civil society organisations, grassroots communities, lawyers, academics, experts and others, from several provinces of Mozambique and also from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Brazil, Cuba, France,

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BUSINESS ABUSES OP-ED: Corporate human rights abuses can be curbed across Africa with buy-in from governments to honour the UN treaty

By Boaventura Monjane and Anesu Dera | Daily Maverick | 02 Jul 2023  On 28 and 29 June, community members, popular formations and civil society organisations from across the African continent gathered in Johannesburg to participate in the African Regional Indaba

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Op-Ed: Mozambican government’s legitimacy crisis reinforces authoritarianism

By Boaventura Monjane and Teresa Amal | Daily Maverick | 11 Jan 2023  The current crisis in Mozambique is due mainly to the inability of the state and the government to respond to the primary concerns of the Mozambican people. These include

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