Mozambique: Nyusi calls for better coordination in the fight against terrorism – Watch

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Mozambique: Nyusi calls for better coordination in the fight against terrorism – Watch

2:59 CAT | 16 Sep 2022

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Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi calls for more concerted actions between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the rest of the continent, in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, which is causing so much pain, distress and destruction in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

For Nyusi, the fight against terrorism is dependent on disruption of channels, sources and all forms of funding and recruitment used by terrorist groups.

Therefore, he calls for cooperation focused on investigation and accountability of individuals with links to organised and transnational crime.

According to the President, success will only be achieved with better legal and judicial cooperation on criminal matters, with a view to stemming this evil that has been plaguing Cabo Delgado since October 2017.

“Faced with these challenges, it is incumbent on SADC and sister countries, to devise strategies in the judicial sector, which will allow the adoption of faster and less bureaucratic mechanisms to make sure that justice is done,” said Nyusi in Maputo this Thursday (15) during the opening ceremony of SADC Regional Meeting of Heads of Criminal Investigation and Prosecutor’s Offices .

“Usually, financing and recruitment occurs outside the place to be attacked and, therefore, it is urgent for the judiciary to adopt ways to organise and cooperate for the strengthening of more technical and flexible measures for prevention and fight against organised and transnational crime with a focus on terrorism and violent extremism,” he added.

He lamented the death of over 2,500 people and the displacement of another 900,000 which has been reported since 2017, hindering so much sought sustainable development of the country, the region and the continent, besides threatening both sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Therefore, he encouraged the initiative of the Public Prosecutors and investigation bodies from Rwanda, SADC, bilateral and multilateral partners and others who have been providing military support, logistic and training in the fight against terrorism in Mozambique.

For her part, Mozambique’s Attorney General Beatriz Buchili stressed the need for better collaboration of the whole society, including share of experience between countries of the region and elsewhere to stamp out extremism.

Buchili says that to combat organised crime, States must be better organised and, for this reason, she defends better articulation among counterparts, finding more rapid measures to respond to the challenge imposed by extremism and organised crime.

“The fight against organised and transnational crime that affects our states can only be effective with the collaboration of all sectors from our society and especially with improved legal and judicial cooperation among countries, through information sharing, legal mutual assistance, extradition, among others,” said Buchili.

Watch the TVM report.