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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October 24, 2024
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June 27, 2024
Conflict in Northern Mozambique Puts Education at Risk
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June 10, 2024
Repatriated Angolan Children Face Precarious Conditions
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March 1, 2024
Thousands Flee New Violence in Northern Mozambique
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October 13, 2023
Mozambique Police Crack Down on Opposition Before Election Results
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August 18, 2023
Southern African Leaders Silent over Abuses in Mozambique
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June 6, 2023
Angolan Police Fatally Fire on Fuel-Price Protest
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April 14, 2023
Angolan Forces Linked to Abuses Against Migrant Women
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November 24, 2022
Five Years On, Justice Still a Dream for Cabo Delgado Victims
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