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Tanzania to extradite to Mozambique more than 500 detainees, of several nationalities
2:42 CAT | 23 Nov 2020
Photo: Twitter / @tanpol
- Among the detainees to be extradited by Tanzania are Mozambicans, Tanzanians, Somalis, Congolese, Rwandans, Ugandans and Burundians.
A total of 516 people detained in Tanzania for alleged involvement in the armed attacks in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, will be extradited to Mozambique under a memorandum of understanding signed between the police of the two countries.
Tanzania’s collaboration “has contributed a lot to stopping the situation”, commander of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) Bernardino Rafael is quoted today as saying by daily Mozambican newspaper Notícias.
The purpose of the extradition is to bring the suspects to trial in Mozambique and find out more about the attacks, he added.
Among the detainees are Mozambicans, Tanzanians, Somalis, Congolese, Rwandans, Ugandans and Burundians.
The police forces of Tanzania and Mozambique announced on Friday that they would launch joint operations against the rebels attacking Cabo Delgado, who have reportedly been crossing the border into Tanzanian territory.
Read more: Tanzania repatriates refugees from Cabo Delgado, Mozambique – Carta
The memorandum of understanding signed on Friday also provides for both police forces to continue to work together to control the common border line, Notícias reports, adding: “The work will be extended to the population living on the banks of the Rovuma River, for residents to report possible movements by terrorists and their collaborators from one country to another.”
IGP Sirro akagua vijiji vilivyovamiwa mkoani Mtwara na kuzungumza na wananchi wa vijiji vya Kitaya na Michenjele.#UmojaWetuNdioNguvuYetuitvtanzania pic.twitter.com/fnk4ZbfXUW
— Police Force TZ (@tanpol) November 21, 2020
IGP Sirro akagua vijiji vya Kitaya na Michenjele vilivyovamiwa mkoani Mtwara#UmojaWetuNdioNguvuYetu pic.twitter.com/1SP99gtBKK
— Police Force TZ (@tanpol) November 21, 2020
Armed violence in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, has cost an estimated 2,000 lives and displaced 500,000 people mainly to the provincial capital, Pemba.
The province, where Africa’s largest private natural gas project is underway, has, for three years now, been under attack by insurgents, with some incursions claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State.
Local journalists who witnessed attacks in the Muidumbe district before fleeing last week reported many abandoned corpses and children lost in the bush.
Mozambican police announced on Thursday that they had regained control of Muidumbe, two weeks after the district was occupied by rebels.
Source: Lusa / Noticias
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