During a surge in foreign investment in Mozambique, the government and multinational companies resettled local communities away from fertile lands to make way for coal mining. The compensation package included a house, but the land had poor water access and was unsuitable for staple food crops. “The farming land we received is red, not black like we had before. I tried to grow corn and it died. Sorghum also failed…. I am not that satisfied. What I can say is, what is a house without food? I cannot eat my house,” said Maria C.
© 2012 Samer Muscati / Human Rights Watch