Mozambique's Political Geography
The Republic of Mozambique is a Unitary state that is a Constitutional Republic that follows a Presidential system. It's capital city is Maputo, and the people here celebrate Independence Day on June 25th. Its Chief of State is President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi (picture of the left), and the Head of Government is Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario( picture to the right). Anyone eighteen years or older can vote.
Executive: President functions as head of state, head of government, commander-in-chief, and symbol of national unity. Prime minister convenes and chairs the Council of Ministers, advises the president and assists him in governing the country, and coordinates the functions of the other ministers.
Judicial: Supreme Court is the highest court in Mozambique. Constitutional Council reviews the constitutionality of laws.
Legislative: Assembly of the Republic serves as the unicameral legislative body of Mozambique.
Executive: President functions as head of state, head of government, commander-in-chief, and symbol of national unity. Prime minister convenes and chairs the Council of Ministers, advises the president and assists him in governing the country, and coordinates the functions of the other ministers.
Judicial: Supreme Court is the highest court in Mozambique. Constitutional Council reviews the constitutionality of laws.
Legislative: Assembly of the Republic serves as the unicameral legislative body of Mozambique.
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Ambassadors:
Mozambique's ambassador to the US is Amélia Matos Sumbana, and he is located in Washington, D.C. rWillard A. De Pree is the United States' ambassador for Mozambique, and he is located in the capital Maputo. UN Representative: António Gumende. The Mozambique flag was officially adopted on May 1, 1983. Green is symbolic of the fertile land, red the struggle for independence, yellow the country's mineral resources, white signifies peace and black represents the African continent. The official emblem of Mozambique is displayed on the red triangle.
National Symbols: Coat of Arms: The national emblem of Mozambique was adopted in 1990, and is composed of a gear wheel surrounded by corn stalks and sugarcane. An AK-47 and hoe are crossed over a red sun and blue waves, representing defense, agriculture and the building of new life. The red star above symbolizes the spirit of international solidarity.
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International DisputesSouth Africa has placed military units to assist police operations along the border of Lesotho, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique to control smuggling, poaching, and illegal migration.
Human TraffickingMozambique is a source and, to a much lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family members. Women and girls, often with promises of employment or education, are trafficked from rural to urban areas of Mozambique, as well as to South Africa, for domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation; young men and boys are trafficked to South Africa for farm work and mining. Trafficked Mozambicans often labor for months in South Africa without pay and under coercive conditions before their exploiters have them arrested and deported as illegal migrants.
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Quantities of...Refugees: 4,769,181
Internally Displaced Persons: 621,000 Stateless Persons: 380,099 DrugsMozambique's porous borders and long coastline, combined with its relative stability yet lack of governance in some areas, make it a useful transit point for drug trafficking networks. Little is known about the exact quantities of narcotics that make their way through the Southern African country. The fundamental lack of data on both drugs seized and drug-related arrests makes it difficult to assess the scale of the problem.
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