Assessing aspects of democratic consolidation The impact of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique. Analysis of the impact of HIV/AIDS on civil society and a growing economy in Mozambique:

There is rarely any mention of the fact that Aids can lead to a mental deterioration that causes suffering worse than practically anything else. The people I spoke to in Uganda seemed to be aware of this, however. They didn't hide behind fallacies even if the illusion might have been a temporary consolation. It seemed to me that Moses, Christine, Gladys and all the rest approached what was in store for them with their eyes wide open. It was a duel they had already lost. Once again it was that dignity that I couldn't help but notice everywhere, and that I think of now above all else as I write these words. The dignity that was so important to all those who had been infected with the disease. On one occasion we met, I told Christine a story. It was about something I experienced in the early 1990s in northern Mozambique. A few days later when I went back to her house, she asked me to tell her the story again. This time Aida was there too. It was a story about dignity. During the long and difficult civil war that ravaged Mozambique БЂ“ from the early 1980s until 1992 БЂ“ I made a journey to the Cabo Delgado province in the north ...»