Zenaida Machado
Zenaida Machado is the Angola and Mozambique senior researcher in the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 2015, Zenaida worked at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a producer and journalist for Focus on Africa, Network Africa and at the BBC’s Portuguese service. Her more than 15 years of experience as a multi-media journalist covering Angola, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau includes working as a reporter and news writer in her home country, Mozambique, for Radio Mozambique, where she established the radio’s first news website. Machado has a Master’s degree in Media and Development from the University of Westminster and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo. She speaks English and Portuguese.
Articles Authored
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September 26, 2019
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June 21, 2019
US-Africa Business Summit Ignores Human Rights Concerns
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April 23, 2019
Jailed Mozambican Journalists Get Bail after 3 Months
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April 3, 2019
Thousands Missing in Mozambique Following Cyclone Idai
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March 13, 2019
Angolan Court Frees 13 Pro-Independence Activists
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November 16, 2018
Death Threats Leveled Against Mozambican Journalist
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August 16, 2018
Angolan Army Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Killing Boy
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Reports Authored
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“Girls Shouldn’t Give Up On Their Studies”
Pregnant Girls’ and Adolescent Mothers’ Struggles to Stay in School in Mozambique