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Author: Mercedes Sayagues Created: 10/30/2009 4:16 PM
Mercedes Sayagues is a Knight Health Journalism Fellow in Mozambique.

Hot, humid and deathly
By Mercedes Sayagues on 3/14/2010 9:43 AM
You don't have to go very far to find health stories in Maputo...just listen in the newsroom.
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Maputo flooded after heavy rains
By Mercedes Sayagues on 2/14/2010 3:49 PM
Six hours of non-stop rain bring city to standstill.
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Plane talk about apricot-sized hearts
By Mercedes Sayagues on 1/29/2010 11:30 PM
Repairing tiny faulty hearts in Maputo - what's Tina Turner got to do with it?
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Mozambique holds presidential election
By Mercedes Sayagues on 12/21/2009 1:04 PM
Mozambique held presidential elections at the end of October, with the final results announced in mid-November. You couldn’t ignore the campaign buzz in the weeks leading to the polls: horn-honking caravans, city walls covered in colourful posters, supporters wearing T-shirts, caps and kapulanas (African cloth) emblazoned with party colours and logos.
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Mozambique holds presidential elections
By Mercedes Sayagues on 12/21/2009 12:53 PM
Mozambique held presidential elections at the end of October, with the final results announced in mid-November. You couldn’t ignore the campaign buzz in the weeks leading to the polls: horn-honking caravans, city walls covered in colourful posters, supporters wearing T-shirts, caps and kapulanas (African cloth) emblazoned with party colours and logos.
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Mozambique holds presidential election
By Mercedes Sayagues on 12/21/2009 12:08 PM
Mozambique held presidential elections at the end of October, with the final results announced in mid-November. You couldn’t ignore the campaign buzz in the weeks leading to the polls: horn-honking caravans, city walls covered in colourful posters, supporters wearing T-shirts, caps and kapulanas (African cloth) emblazoned with party colours and logos.
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The Streets of Maputo: garbage and peacocks
By Mercedes Sayagues on 10/30/2009 4:31 PM
Maputo was getting on my nerves big time. I was running out of cash. My credit card was not working. Opening a bank account was taking longer than expected. I had a bad cold. Every morning at 5:00, the peacocks of the presidential palace, 30 metres from my window, woke me up with their screeching.
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