Fighting terrorism: Mozambican model pleases African leaders – Noticias

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Fighting terrorism: Mozambican model pleases African leaders – Noticias

11:58 CAT | 07 Feb 2022

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The Mozambican model of combating terrorism in Cabo Delgado, namely with the involvement of Rwandan and SADC forces, is well regarded by African Heads of State and Government, as it fits in with the thought that the continent’s problems must find internal solutions before they cross borders.

At the end of the 35th Ordinary General Assembly of the African Union, which finished on Sunday after two days’ work in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, said that Mozambique had during the meeting received messages of solidarity in the context of combating terrorism, which in Mozambique has already killed more than 2,500 people and displaced at least 850,000.

The Head of State shared with Mozambican journalists that, from the report presented by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union during the Summit, it was understood that the organization is taking note of all the steps that the country is taking in the fight against terrorism.

“The African Union is participating and collaborating with us. Before we committed Rwanda, for example, we were in discussions with SADC, so we always say that all the forces and all the support that came in took place under the umbrella of the SADC. We could not accept Rwanda coming in without having shared our thoughts with the African Union, which encouraged us to continue,” Filipe Nyusi said.

He recalled that the continental organization’s alert force and equipment are available for use by Mozambique. “So we are also working in that direction to see if we [can] effectively exploit this opportunity,” Nyusi said.

To illustrate the African Union’s level of concern in relation to this matter, the President of the Republic cited, as an example, the fact that the Heads of State and Government had convened an extraordinary summit in May for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to discuss the fight against to terrorism and unconstitutional changes of governments, a phenomenon tending to increase in Africa. In 16 months, there were three coups on the continent – Mali, Guinea Conakry and Burkina Faso – in addition to an attempt in Guinea-Bissau.

The Head of State considered Mozambique’s participation in this summit to be positive, mainly because, in his words, it was an opportunity to show that, from a diplomatic point of view, the country is increasingly asserting itself on the continent and beyond.

This conclusion can be demonstrated, according to President Nyusi, by the fact that during the summit in Addis Ababa, Mozambique managed to hold meetings with several important figures, especially the United Nations Under-Secretary-General, the acting presidents of the African Union and of the SADC, and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia.

By António Mondlhane, in Addis Ababa

Source: Noticias