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The Other Ratatouille: Rats on Menu Around the World

By Ed MazzaOct 21st 2010 – 10:07PM
Vlad Sokhin, Demotix

Vlad Sokhin, Demotix

(Oct. 21) -- Most of us try to keep rodents away from our food -- but in some places, rats are the food. In fact, rat-based meals have turned into a cottage industry in Mozambique, where rat hunters earn the equivalent of a couple of dollars a day catching rats and selling them on skewers. Think rat-kabob....

Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes

By Scott MartelleSep 1st 2010 – 2:35PM
Alexey Sazonov, AFP / Getty Images

Alexey Sazonov, AFP / Getty Images

(Sept. 1) -- Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record levels reached during the 2007-08 world food crisis, the higher prices have already fueled deadly riots in Mozambique. Today...

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Carolyn S. Miles: American Idol Fans and African Preschoolers: A Winning Team

Apr 24th 2012 - 06:57PM

In just a few nail-biting weeks, American Idol fans will select a new winner and will change the course of someone's life.

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Engineers Enter Fight Against AIDS In Africa

By AP Apr 10th 2012 - 11:55AM

Getting AIDS test results from labs to remote villages once took weeks in Mozambique, with the information sent by courier along the impoverished country's terrible roads.

mozambique News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 SADC Troika Meets in Luanda Source: AllAfrica.com The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Troika is meeting Friday in Luanda, ahead of the opening of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the regional organisation,. The meeting is being attended by the presidents of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Zambia, Michael Sata, and the prime minister of Tanzania, Juno Pindo, including the SADC executive secretary, Tomás Salomão.
  • 06/02/12 Santos, South African Presidents Meet Source: AllAfrica.com The Angolan head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, met Friday in Luanda with his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, short before the opening of a meeting of the Troika that precedes the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).
  • 06/02/12 Why pupils will cheer on Team Mozambique Source: Cambridge News - Cambridge - Cambridgeshire - UK Youngsters from a Cambridgeshire school will have the eyes of the world on them when they play their part in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
  • 06/01/12 Egypt , Mozambique behind closed doors Source: SuperSport Egypt begin their quest for Brazil 2014 Fifa world cup qualification against Mozambique behind closed doors due to security concerns.
  • 06/01/12 National Museum keeps rock art alive Source: Mmegi - Botswana The National Museum in Gaborone held a full month exhibition of the four countries that have been endowed with magnificent rock art or drawings.

Background on mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique ( or República de Moçambique, ), is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest.

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