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The ‘boom’ in specialists who don’t even know Cabo Delgado | O País

3:38 CAT | 29 Apr 2021

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Mia Couto said on Wednesday that he finds strange the sudden appearance in the world of experts about terrorism in Mozambique who do not even know Cabo Delgado, O País reports. The writer also argued that now is not the time to establish the culprits in the drama, because this generates schisms that divide the nation.

Cabo Delgado province has been in the news all over the world, for the worst of reasons. Revered Mozambican writer, Mia Couto, finds it strange that, suddenly, specialists are appearing who know little about Mozambique, but presume to explain the phenomenon of terrorism in Cabo Delgado. “I find it strange that there are so many specialists in the world, many more than 20,000 kilometres away, who come and explain to us what is happening in Cabo Delgado. It is strange that so many specialists on our internal affairs appear,” he said.

He is also sceptical about foreign military intervention in Mozambique, which, in his view, may put the country’s sovereignty at stake.

“Regarding this matter, the country has already responded with one voice. No country has found a miraculous solution in foreign intervention. The situation will not suddenly change profoundly because we are bringing foreign troops in. We need to be inspired by what was done in Palma. Our army was able to respond to that situation. This is the way … obviously with support, but assistance, as has already been said by the President of the Republic, that does not require us to abdicate our sovereignty. We have to be the ones to tell others where we want help,” he said.

As for the sending of about 3,000 men proposed by the SADC Troika team, a matter that is still up for debate, Couto was more receptive, but had some advice. “I think that a military intervention should not be seen as something technical. It is evident that the countries in the region know their own geography better, human geography, have the capacity to create greater rapport with communities, but it must be realized that this is a human issue and not merely a technical one,” he warned.

Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the VII edition of the Young Creative Contest 2021, Mia Couto also said that now is not the time to look for culprits, but for solutions. “Now is not the time to do this analysis, because in this process, distinctions are made which further divide us. This is an analysis for later, when we have already overcome this demon that entered our house. Then we can look for what has failed,” the writer concluded.

By Raúl Massingue

Source: O País