It was a reference for the promotion of democracy in Maputo. EISA Moz, the Mozambican branch of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), whose global headquarters are in Johannesburg, in a decade became the flagship of the country's pro-democracy NGOs and won many contracts from international donors. But in May 2021 it was rapidly reduced to pariah status.

Suddenly blacklisted by the Western donor community in Maputo, it had no choice but to fire all its employees, including