Mercedes Sayagues
Mercedes Sayagues is a freelance journalist who covers Angola and Mozambique for the Daily Maverick. She is the author of two studies on AIDS in Africa and one on gold mining in Mali
Mozambique’s gender-based violence laws

Mozambique’s gender-based violence laws

  One night in April 2013, Luisa, a 46-year-old woman living in a small town in Mozambique, was on her way home when two men dragged her into an abandoned hut and raped her. “I wanted to die, but I told myself I must survive for my daughters,” said Luisa. After...

Mercedes Sayagues
Mercedes Sayagues is a freelance journalist who covers Angola and Mozambique for the Daily Maverick. She is the author of two studies on AIDS in Africa and one on gold mining in Mali