When Spanish photographer Héctor Mediavilla first walked into the remains of the Grande Hotel in Beira, Mozambique, he says he was immediately struck by the ghost-like quality of the building.

The Grande Hotel in Mozambique's coastal city of Beira is home to 3,500 squatters. Photojournalist Fellipe Abreu visited the building once dubbed the "Pride of Africa": When it opened in 1955 ...

The Grande Hotel da Beira was once the largest and most luxurious ... Of Africa title – it was unlike any form of hospitality Mozambique had ever seen. Built over three floors, the building ...

In the sprawling slum of the once glorious Grande Hotel in the Mozambique city of Beira, around 4,000 people living in squalor hope that this month’s election will bring change to their lives.

This was the start of its troubles as although Beira is ... living in the hotel for three generations. Twenty-four years after the end of the civil war, more than half of Mozambique's population ...