Mozambique: President announces grant to young soldiers fighting armed groups

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Mozambique: President announces grant to young soldiers fighting armed groups

10:02 CAT | 17 Jun 2020

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Mozambique’s president, Filipe Nyusi, has said that his government will provide a subsidy to young soldiers fighting armed groups in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique.

“We are going to reconsider the commitment subsidy, which they very well deserve, and we are aware that it will not be everything because the sacrifice of these young people is not paid with money or with some resource,” Filipe Nyusi said on Tuesday, speaking in Mueda, in Cabo Delgado province, on the 60th anniversary of the Mueda massacre, a milestone in the anti-colonial struggle.

Cabo Delgado, the Mozambican province where the largest private investment in Africa for natural gas exploration is advancing, has been under attack since October 2017 by insurgents, classified since the beginning of the year by Mozambican and international authorities as a terrorist threat, and which have caused at least 600 deaths and affected 200,000 people, forced to take refuge in safer places.

Nyusi did not give details or dates about the subsidy, stating only that in addition to the military fighting armed groups in Cabo Delgado, the measure should also cover health professionals who are currently at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 in the country, which has 638 cases and four deaths.

During his speech, Nyusi said that the country will never resign itself to the terrorist attacks in the northern region, pointing to resistance to colonialism as an inspiration for the fight against current challenges.

“Mozambicans will never resign themselves, we will continue to fight for our interests, and we will continue to fight against all kinds of divisionism and aggression,” he said.

Source: Lusa