MAPUTO — Heavily pregnant Adelaide Mangwel balances 18 kilos of prawns on her head as she slowly descends the crowded ferry that carried her across Maputo Bay to sell her seafood in Mozambique's capital.

It's a daily journey that could be made easier as a bridge spanning the bay goes under construction later this year, part of the 1.5 billion dollars (1.2 billion euros) that Mozambique is pouring into rebuilding its war-shattered infrastructure over the next five years. "It will help. I won't have to wait for a ferry," the 29-year-old says. Read more.