Mozambique: Nyusi inaugurates rehabilitated Mocímboa da Praia port

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Mozambique: Nyusi inaugurates rehabilitated Mocímboa da Praia port

7:40 CAT | 09 Oct 2023

Photo: Presidente Filipe Nyusi / Facebook

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday inaugurated the rehabilitated port of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

Islamist terrorists, associated with the self-styled “Islamic State”, overran Mocimboa da Praia, including its port and aerodrome, in 2020. The following year, the Mozambican armed forces, and their Rwandan allies, drove the jihadists out of Mocimboa da Praia.

Now the port has been rebuilt. Writing on his Facebook page, Nyusi said that, in the rehabilitated port, “Businesses in Mocimboa da Praia now have a powerful instrument for the renewal of hope, a beacon of progress to support and make viable various development initiatives”.

The port, he added, “is of vital importance to stimulate the national economy, and can serve as a logistical support for the major projects that are flourishing in that part of the country”. (He was referring mainly to the offshore natural gas projects, in the Rovuma Basin).

With the port, alongside the Mocimboa da Praia aerodrome, “opportunities are being born for young people and for local businesses”, said Nyusi.

“At this moment, as we celebrate the re-opening of this port”, Nyusi declared, “we reiterate our determination to continue creating the necessary environment to attract more investment to this province, and to the country in general”.

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Mocimboa da Praia was the region “worst hit by the terrorist attacks, and retaking it cost us blood”, said the President. “So we must be more vigilant and ever more united. We don’t want to live in uncertainty”.

Source: AIM