Mozambique: State should use US experience to help end Cabo Delgado war – analysts

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Mozambique: State should use US experience to help end Cabo Delgado war – analysts

6:45 CAT | 20 Dec 2022

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: Lusa]

Analysts on Friday argued that Mozambique should take advantage of the experience of the United States to “improve its performance” and “eliminate” terrorism in the north of the country, considering that the US-Africa summit may increase US support.

“The United States has experience in fighting terrorism, so [Mozambique] can take advantage to improve its delivery and eliminate that situation,” Rui Mape, an analyst and economist from the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), told Lusa.

For Rui Mape, the country’s participation in the summit in Washington showed the “interest of the United States in Mozambique,” and thus he believes it is necessary to assess to what extent the country can “take influence” and “benefits” from the event to get support to “end the war situation in Cabo Delgado”.

Dércio Alfazema, analyst and programme manager at the Institute for Multiparty Democracy (IMD) said that Mozambique’s participation at theU.S.-Africa Leaders Summit was “very important” and could increase the support provided by the United States in the fight against the armed conflict in Cabo Delgado.

For Alfazema, the fact that the Mozambican President, Filipe Nyusi, had the opportunity to explain the situation in the country in person was important, in an event that the analyst considered a “kind of diplomatic fair”.

“The President spoke personally, explained what the state of play is and clarified doubts,” Alfazema stressed, reiterating that “it was worth Mozambique’s participation” and “at the highest level”, with the presence of the head of state.

“Mozambique’s participation did not go unnoticed” as it is a country that “is on the global map due to its presence in the United Nations Security Council,” the analyst said.

Cabo Delgado province has been facing an armed insurgency for five years with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.

The insurgency has led to a military response since July 2021 with support from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), liberating districts near gas projects, but new waves of attacks have emerged south of the region and in neighbouring Nampula province.

The conflict has left one million people displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and about 4,000 dead, according to the ACLED conflict registration project.

Source: Lusa