Mozambique’s LNG project was supposed to bring prosperity to the country. Instead it has fueled the fires of civil unrest. And while local residents are struggling to survive, a small cadre of elite consultants have found success amidst the rubble.
Estacio Valoi
Estacio Valoi is a Mozambican journalist and photographer who focuses on environmental crime and corruption in his country. He has worked on stories related to the poaching of rhino and elephants, the vast amount of corruption in the gemstone and timber industries, and other issues. Valoi advises Oxpeckers, a data-driven journalism group, on a broad range of environmental problems in the region. He has covered a range of environmental investigations for Mozambique's Zambeze daily newspaper and international media. He helped establish Zambeze and is newsroom chief editor in Quelimane, in northern Mozambique. His investigations have been featured by the Forum for African Investigative Reporters, German radio station DW, South African TV station SABC, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, and
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New Oil Colonialism
For decades now, the fossil fuel industry has told the same story: Oil equals development and prosperity. Access. Equality. Stability. A better quality of life. As the world’s fossil fuel companies race to tap the last of the planet’s oil reserves we have a chance to examine that promise up close, in real time. What […]