SECTOR 1 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.3 (2005 = n/a; 2007 = n/a; 2009 = 4.6; 2011 = 4.6) 1.6 Confidential sources of information are protected by law and/or the courts. Confidential sources of information are indeed protected in Mozambique. In terms of the standard contained in number 3 of Article 48 of the CRM, including freedom of the press, together with freedom of expression and creation for journalists, access to sources of information and the right to create newspapers, publications and other means of distribution of news, the protection of the independence and the professional secrecty of journalists and news companies. The professional secrecy referred to it is also included in the Press Law, which provides, in number 1 of Article 30, that “It is acknowledged that journalists have the right to professional secrecy in relation to the origin of the information which they publish or distribute, with their silence not being subject to any kind of penalty ”. Considering that the media is an essential platform for exposing corruption, Law number 15/-2012 of August 14, which was approved two years ago, is relevant to them (it establishes the mechanisms for protection of the rights and interests of victims, whistleblowers, witnesses, declarants or experts in criminal trials, and creates the Central Office for Victim Protection). Whether the courts protect confidential sources or not, from the formal point of view the answer is yes, bearing in mind that the courts apply the law ‘par excellence’, but, in some cases, whether due to technical deficiency or other reaons, judges frequently compel journalists to reveal their sources which, contrary to the CRm and the laws, and considering the quality of the subjects, is particularly serious. 74 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MOZAMBIQUE 2014