It's the scariest thing to have been so secure in something for years and then one day it's ripped away from you.
My family's home went into foreclosure this past September. When my dad told me that he wanted to file for bankruptcy and get out of the house, I cried for days. I had to leave behind the only house I knew and move on to something else.
A week of riots and clashes sparked in the capital as the government attempted to raise fuel prices by 50%. Mozambique is often unheard of in international news, but a week of violent riots in Maputo leaving 100 injured and four dead were enough to bring the world's poorest country to the headlines. The fuel price jump was proposed as a response to the 14% rise in diesel fuel costs. Food prices have also experienced an increase due to the rise in fuel costs. The reason that riots erupted was not only because of rising fuel costs, but mainly because of the low wages that people in Mozambique make. The more interesting question may be why is Mozambique so poor and why would the government seek a 50% increase in price to meet the demand?
