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Pope makes donation to Mozambique insurgency victims
9:25 CAT | 07 Dec 2020
Photo: Twitter / @bpbhubesi
Pope Francis has donated $121,000 (£90,000) to support victims of terrorist attacks in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The donation was in response to an appeal by the Bishop of Pemba, Luis Fernando Lisboa, for assistance to thousands of people displaced from their homes by attacks by Islamist militants.
The militants have been carrying out gruesome attacks in the gas-rich province since 2017. About 430,000 have been left homeless in the conflict.
Bishop Lisboa has been heading the “Together for Cabo Delgado” campaign.
He told reporters that the pope’s donation would be used to build health facilities in areas where displaced people are camping, particularly in the districts of Montepuez and Chiure.
A delegation from the Episcopal Conference of Southern Africa visited Cabo Delgado last week at Bishop Lisboa’s invitation. It called for an urgent solution to the insecurity in the region and support for the displaced people.
“You might have heard about the violence affecting Cabo Delgado province where civilians, women and children bear the brunt of mass human rights violations (…)
The @sacbc01 decided on a solidarity visit to the Bishop of Pemba from December 2 to December 4.”
Photo credits: DHPI pic.twitter.com/BQa4peqtXT— Migrants & Refugees (@M_RSection) December 4, 2020
The tragedy of those who had to leave everything behind without thinking twice to save their lives a d families. There are 70.000 people in 10 camps in this area. #cabodelgado #saynotowar pic.twitter.com/b5ATtqe8D6
— Bp Jose Luis IMC (@bpbhubesi) December 3, 2020
Source: BBC
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