Mozambique PRINT MEDIA One of the positive aspects of the print media in 2017 had to do with the fact that although the environment remained tense, there were still pockets of newspapers and journalists who challenged the environment of fear. Among the negative aspects, Mozambique continued to be characterised by a high number of journalists who violated ethical standards in the exercise of their profession. This situation was exploited by some sectors to initiate attacks against the media.3 The year 2017 was not among the best in Mozambique, given the high volume of press freedom threats reported by MISA Mozambique. At present the scenario tends to be changeable. The MISA Mozambique Transparency Assessment (2017) revealed that from 2016 to 2017 there has not been considerable progress, be it in the availability of information through websites, or in the way public or private organisations were restructuring to accommodate the process of receiving requests for information. In the 2017 edition, there was a slight improvement in the response to requests for information, although these were unsatisfactory, since they only responded to the requests but failed to provide the information. Contrary to the previous year (2016) when only one institution responded, in 2017 at least three institutions responded to the requests.4 ACCESS TO INFORMATION In 2017, the government and MISA began a process of training journalists and public officials in key positions – most of them managers and those responsible for updating websites – in the process of making information available to the public. The aim was to guarantee that some 70% of public officials in the sectors dealing with the provision of information, were armed with relevant knowledge and changed practices in relation to citizens in the sphere of the right to information. One of the expected results was a high degree of government response to requests for information and/or proactive disclosure of information, ensuring a response to more than 60% of citizens’ requests for information. 3 MISA Moçambique e CEC. “Análise de Questões Éticas na Imprensa Escrita em Moçambique 2016”. Maputo, Abril de 2017. Mozambique continued to be characterised by a high number of journalists who violated ethical standards in the exercise of their profession. 4 MISA Moçambique. “Moçambique: Avaliação da Transparência 2017”. Maputo, Setembro de 2017. Disponível em http://www.misa.org.mz/index.php/ publicacoes/relatorios/direito-a-informacao-1/85avaliacao-de-transparencia-misa-2017/file. So This is Democracy? 2017 63