Over a million Mozambican children of school age will be unable to attend primary school in 2004 for sheer lack of space in the classrooms. According to Virgilio Juvane, the National Director of Planning in the Education Ministry, it is mainly the shortage of schools and of teachers that leads to this situation. The million children in question are aged between six and 13 and should, in principle, be studying in first and second level primary education (grades one to seven).

Responsible for directing and managing the implementation of the Institute's HIV/AIDS prevention and care program in Mozambique. Serves as the FHI representative with relevant private and public agencies, organisations, National AIDS Control Program, USAID, and other donors regarding the Institute's program and activities.

In 1994, Elias Timoso left his home in the Manica province of central Mozambique to study Portuguese and English in Zimbabwe. Two years later, he returned to his home, Manhemé, with a mission to teach basic literacy classes to willing students - a critical step in addressing the poverty of his village.

Mozambique's electoral commission announced this week that the opposition Renamo party had won the port city of Beira, while authorities promised to investigate claims of irregularities during the local elections.