Nampula: Demobilised soldiers say they are willing to join the fight against terrorism – Sala da Paz

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Nampula: Demobilised soldiers say they are willing to join the fight against terrorism – Sala da Paz

8:35 CAT | 27 Feb 2021

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Demobilised National Liberation War and 16-Year-War combatants in Nampula say they are willing to reinforce the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) in their response to the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado.

The Nampula delegate of the Mozambican Association of War Demobilised Persons (AMODEG), Eugénio de Fátima told local press: “If there is an interest on the part of the government, AMODEG as an association can mobilise its members to join the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) in support of our young people fighting in Cabo Delgado.”

But the association could not do so on its own initiative, he said, explaining: “We cannot go there as volunteers. Our role as patriots has already been fulfilled, and now we hope that the government will ask us for support. To go without equipment or weapons is not possible. So it has to be the government itself that prepares all this, asks for combatants and gives them weapons and uniforms.”

MODEG would also be available to support the FDS in the centre of the country, de Fatima added.

Cited by iKweli, de Fatima explained that efforts were underway to urge members of the organisation not to join terrorist groups.

“We asked the Secretary of State for the province of Nampula for resources to hold a seminar this year, if possible by April, to instil in our district representatives the sense that they should not join the terrorist groups, because the war they carry out has no clear objectives and is sowing much grief among the population,” he said.

Source: Sala da Paz