Mozambique: President pledges to aid, retrain civil servants fleeing attacks in north

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Mozambique: President pledges to aid, retrain civil servants fleeing attacks in north

6:10 CAT | 26 Jun 2020

File photo: Lusa

Mozambique’s president, Filipe Nyusi, has pledged to “do everything” to ensure the support and retraining of state officials and agents affected by armed violence in Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country.

“We express our commitment to continue to do everything in our power to ensure the necessary humanitarian assistance and readjustment of state officials and agents,” said Nyusi as quoted in a statement issued by the president’s office on the occasion of International Civil Service Day, which was marked on Tuesday.

Cabo Delgado province, where the largest private investment in Africa for natural gas exploration is underway, has since October 2017 suffered a series of attacks by insurgents who have since the beginning of the year been classified by Mozambican and international authorities as a terrorist threat.

In their raids, as well as destroying villages in the north of the province, armed groups have attacked state institutions and, in some cases, forced public officials and agents to flee.

In two and a half years of conflict in the province, it is estimated that at least 600 people have died and more than 200,000 have been affected, above all by having to leave their homes for safer places.

“We are aware that, among those most affected by all these adversities, there are a considerable number of state employees and agents,” said Nyusi, reiterating his solidarity with all public officials and residents who have been “directly or indirectly affected” by armed violence and cyclones Kenneth and Idai, which hit the north and centre of the country in 2019, killing more than 600 people.

Source: Lusa