Janet Gunter

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Inspired to learn Portuguese by my father's collection of LPs from late 1960s Brazil. Lived in Brazil, Portugal and East Timor. Currently working with a development agency based in London, with frequent travel to Brazil, Mozambique and East Timor. Looking unusually serious in this photo.

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18 August 2011

United Kingdom: Moves to police social media

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Following the riots and looting in London and other parts of England last week, UK Prime Minister David Cameron  made a strong statement indicating his government is looking into the...

23 December 2010

Mozambique: Controversial SIM card registration

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Shortly after the September protests in Maputo that were convened by SMS, the Mozambican government issued a Ministerial decree law forcing mobile pre-paid phone users on the country's two networks to register their SIM cards. The process caused protest and has gone slower than the strict law requires.

21 September 2010

Mozambique: Government interference in SMS service

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Much noise was made around the world about how the popular unrest against the rises in the cost of living in Maputo on September 1-2 was propagated by SMS messages by mobile...