Cabo Delgado: We stand before “a crime against humanity” – Minister Miquidade

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Cabo Delgado: We stand before “a crime against humanity” – Minister Miquidade

11:57 CAT | 28 Oct 2020

FILE - Minister of Interior of Mozambique Amade Miquidade says that operations to ensure people's safety will continue on the ground.[File photo: Lusa]

Interior Minister Amade Miquidade on Tuesday classified the armed attacks carried out by groups considered terrorists in Cabo Delgado as a “crime against humanity”.

“We are seeing an unfortunate situation, we are watching our fellow citizens, old people, women and children, leaving their normal habitat in the search of greater security. It is a crime against humanity,” the minister declared.

Miquidade was speaking to the media in Maputo after a meeting with deputies of the First Commission of the Assembly of the Republic, who recently visited Cabo Delgado prior to producing a report on the humanitarian crisis caused by armed violence in the province.

Amade Miquidade said that the Defence and Security Forces on the ground continue operations to ensure the safety of those affected by the violence. “The Defence and Security Forces do everything, did everything and will do everything to guarantee the security of citizens,” he stressed.

The province of Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, has been the scene of armed attacks by forces classified as terrorists for three years. Estimates of the number of deaths range between 1,000 and 2,000.

Of the approximately 300,000 people that the conflict in Cabo Delgado has already displaced, 86,000 are currently living in Pmba, the provincial capital, some hosted by families already living there. Another 51,000 are in the Metuge IDP camps, and others in different parts of Cabo Delgado and the neighbouring provinces of Nampula and Zambézia.

Source: Lusa