Capital : Maputo

Land Area : 801,590 sq km

Head of Government : Prime Minister Luisa Diogo (since 17 February 2004)

Population : 19,406,703 (July 2005 est.)

Major Languages : Portuguese (official), indigenous dialects

Major Religion(s) : indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20%

Date of Joining : 1995

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Articles from CHRI Newsletter:

• Mozambicans Go To The Polls In Small Numbers, Neil Falzon, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, CHRI Newsletter, Volume 12, Number 1, Spring 2005.

Bills/Laws/Acts from RTI:

• Bill on access to sources of information, The Mozambique Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, The Mozambiquan Debt Coalition.
• A critique of the Mozambique draft Bill on Access to Sources of Information 2004, Submitted by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, February 2004.
• Memorandum on Mozambique's draft Bill on Access to Sources of Information, Article 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression, February 2004.