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The Mozambican government is engaged with the Angolan authorities to establish the reasons behind the deportation of two Mozambican journalists, who were barred from entering the country, said Deputy Foreign Minister, Henrique Banze, in Maputo on Tuesday. Banze, who was speaking to reporters shortly after the meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), explained that this is an issue between States and as such there is a need to ensure that common interests are safeguarded. The Government will announce its position once in possession of the facts happened on the ground. On Thursday last week, Angolan immigration authorities (EMS) at the Luanda International Airport barred two Mozambican journalists from entering the country, despite in possession of passports with valid entry visas issued by the Angolan Embassy in Maputo. The journalists in question are Joana Macie, from the daily paper “Noticias”, and Manuel Lourenco Cossa, from the independent weekly “Magazine”, who had been invited to attend a gender and economy conference hosted by the Angolan Journalists Training Centre (CEFOJOR).Joana Macie is also a former journalist of Mozambique News Agency.Both were sent back to Maputo with no explanation, much less allowed to collect their own luggage.Meanwhile, both journalists are still waiting anxiously for their luggage which they were forced to live behind at Luanda Airport. Also, they demand a solution for their passports, which were invalidated when the Angolan immigration authorities used red ink to cancel their entry visas. In a related development, the Mozambique’s chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Mocambique) expressed its concern and disbelief with the incident. MISA-Mozambique cites testimony of both journalists, saying that they were threatened by the Angolan authorities, and escorted at gun point to board the plane to return to Johannesburg. 'MISA-Mozambique expresses its solidarity with journalists Joana Macie and Manuel Cossa, and pledges to launch an investigation to establish the real causes behind the extreme measures taken by the Angolan authorities,' said MISA-Mocambique in a statement, cited by the daily paper “Noticias”.(Samora Machel/FRELIMO - Jonas Savimbi/UNITA)
The Mozambican government is engaged with the Angolan authorities to establish the reasons behind the deportation of two Mozambican journalists, who were barred from entering the country, said Deputy Foreign Minister, Henrique Banze, in Maputo on Tuesday. Banze, who was speaking to reporters shortly after the meeting of the Council of Ministers (Cabinet), explained that this is an issue between States and as such there is a need to ensure that common interests are safeguarded. The Government will announce its position once in possession of the facts happened on the ground. On Thursday last week, Angolan immigration authorities (EMS) at the Luanda International Airport barred two Mozambican journalists from entering the country, despite in possession of passports with valid entry visas issued by the Angolan Embassy in Maputo. The journalists in question are Joana Macie, from the daily paper “Noticias”, and Manuel Lourenco Cossa, from the independent weekly “Magazine”, who had been invited to attend a gender and economy conference hosted by the Angolan Journalists Training Centre (CEFOJOR).Joana Macie is also a former journalist of Mozambique News Agency.Both were sent back to Maputo with no explanation, much less allowed to collect their own luggage.Meanwhile, both journalists are still waiting anxiously for their luggage which they were forced to live behind at Luanda Airport. Also, they demand a solution for their passports, which were invalidated when the Angolan immigration authorities used red ink to cancel their entry visas. In a related development, the Mozambique’s chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Mocambique) expressed its concern and disbelief with the incident. MISA-Mozambique cites testimony of both journalists, saying that they were threatened by the Angolan authorities, and escorted at gun point to board the plane to return to Johannesburg. 'MISA-Mozambique expresses its solidarity with journalists Joana Macie and Manuel Cossa, and pledges to launch an investigation to establish the real causes behind the extreme measures taken by the Angolan authorities,' said MISA-Mocambique in a statement, cited by the daily paper “Noticias”.(Samora Machel/FRELIMO - Jonas Savimbi/UNITA)
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