More than 20,000 displaced by Cabo Delgado war living in Nampula province – Ikweli

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More than 20,000 displaced by Cabo Delgado war living in Nampula province – Ikweli

3:49 CAT | 14 Sep 2020

Photo: Conselho Executivo Provincial de Nampula

Nampula, already Mozambique’s most populous province, is now home to more than 20,000 people displaced by terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, Nampula provincial governor Manuel Rodrigues said during the launch of a solidarity campaign promoted by the Council of Álimos of Nampula.

“These compatriots of ours are in 15 districts, but mostly in Meconta district, especially Namialo administrative post and here in the city of Nampula. As we can all see, a large number of brothers need our help and protection because every day we have been receiving large numbers of fellow citizens from Cabo Delgado province,” Rodrigues said.

“This campaign to raise support for the displaced should be understood as a campaign to support victims of terrorism,” Rodrigues said. “We are here, we are together, as brothers, to collect the little that each of us has, that the entire population of Nampula province has, in order to support the victims of terrorism in Cabo Delgado. Therefore, it [the campaign] should not only be seen as those of our fellow citizens who are with us here, but also those who are in the province of Cabo Delgado,” as well as “those fellow citizens in Zambézia” and those who “are spreading throughout our country and who need our help”.

The governor of Nampula said that this was more than a solidarity campaign for those displaced from Cabo Delgado. “It is necessary, dear brothers of the Islamic organisations in our province, that we continue to condemn these terrorist acts,” because “we know that Islam condemns terror. Islam is not for violence, Islam is not for the suffering of our fellow human beings. Islam is for peace, Islam is for love, Islam is for solidarity between families, which is why I want to appeal to all of us to condemn, to show the world, to show these [terrorists] who say they are Muslims and say: No, this is not [Islam]”.

“Let us continue with this massive condemnation and send a message that it is important that we all inform and train our population through these Islamic organisations that we have, and because we recognise that Islamic organisations, both in our province and throughout Mozambique, are indispensable government partners in the development of various actions like these, social actions,” Rodrigues continued, concluding: “It is with great satisfaction that the government of the province of Nampula today joins this great movement, a movement that is effectively a campaign that will last as long as necessary to raise support for the victims of terrorism.”

Alimos — *Photo: Conselho Executivo Provincial de Nampula*

President of the Council of Álimos of Nampula, Abudo Essimela, acknowledged that “the terrorism that is attacking our country has caused and continues to cause deaths, pillaging and forcing movement of people from their areas of origin to safer areas. It is in this sentiment that the Council of Álimos de Nampula, in partnership with the Islamic organisations of our province, took the initiative to launch a solidarity campaign under the motto ‘Extend your hand with a part of what you have for those in need’, as a way of awakening all of us to the need for each one of us to contribute the little they have to minimise the suffering of our compatriots”.

“We want to take advantage of this occasion to renew our appeal to all Mozambicans that everyone, individually and collectively, to come together to embrace this noble initiative,” Abudo Essimela said, because “your generosity will be repaid”.

Source: Jornal Ikweli