Mozambique: Nyusi promises to “use all means” to contain armed violence in Cabo Delgado

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Mozambique: Nyusi promises to “use all means” to contain armed violence in Cabo Delgado

2:24 CAT | 19 Dec 2019

Photo: Presidente Filipe Nyusi @NyusiConfioemti / Facebook

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi said yesterday that he will “use all means” to contain the armed violence in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, as the attacks are a blow directed at the rule of law.

“We will not rest and we will use all possible means to ensure that our citizens enjoy the peace and tranquillity they deserve [in Cabo Delgado],” the Mozambican head of state said during a reception for Mozambicans in the diaspora at the Ponta Vermelha Palace in Maputo.

The Mozambican president said the armed attacks carried out by as-yet unidentified groups in Cabo Delgado are an attack on the Mozambican state, causing suffering in communities.

“These groups of evildoers perform criminal acts like destroying crops and houses and beheading men and women, among other macabre things,” President Nyusi said.

The Mozambican head of state asked everyone involved to engage in finding solutions, because the armed violence was undermining the country’s development.

“We express our condemnation of all these acts, which constitute an attack on our democratic rule of law and our people,” he said.

Myusidi — *Photo: Presidente Filipe Nyusi @NyusiConfioemti / Facebook*

Armed attacks have been taking place since in the Cabo Delgado region in northern Mozambique since October 2017.

At least 300 people have died in Cabo Delgado, according to official figures, and 60,000 residents have been affected, many forced to travel elsewhere for safety, according to the United Nations.

The attacks have taken place in districts near where the natural gas projects are under way.

Source: Lusa