Mozambique: 250 Renamo guerrillas to be demobilised today

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Mozambique: 250 Renamo guerrillas to be demobilised today

12:26 CAT | 01 Jul 2020

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About 250 former Renamo guerrillas will be demobilised this Wednesday at the administrative post in Muxúnguè, Chibabava district, Sofala province.

The move is part of the ongoing disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of residual Renamo guerrillas, which aims to cover more than 5,000 members of this political formation.

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Secretary of State for Sofala province, Stela Pinto Novo Zeca, said that the conditions were in place for the demilitarisation of the group.

“We want to draw your attention here to the support in the communities for this reintegration process. These citizens were displaced from their families, outside of this normal and natural coexistence. The government is also thinking of various programmes that these citizens can engage in, such as economic activities, but it is very important that everyone accepts these individuals back into the community, so that they can quickly reintegrate and contribute to the development of the community, their provinces, and the country,” she said.

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Earlier this month, thirty-eight Renamo soldiers handed over their weapons in the administrative post of Savane in Dondo district, in an act witnessed by President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo leader Ossufo Momade.

Source: Rádio Moçambique