WASHINGTON, USA
The President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, asked in Washington on Thursday for “more support” from the United States of America for the Mozambican military and the forces of other countries fighting terrorism in the province of Cabo Delgado.
Nyusi yesterday began a visit
to the North American capital, during which he gave a lecture addressing
Mozambique’s experience in post-conflict reconstruction, as well as from
natural disasters, at the National War College.
“I reported that progress in
this fight would be at a much more advanced level if we had more resources. In
view of this, I asked for more support from the United States for the efforts
of the Defence and Security Forces of Mozambique, but also of the friendly
troops of Rwanda and the SADC Military Mission, who are currently in Cabo
Delgado fighting the enemies of our development,” Nyusi explained in a message
released after the lecture.
“We want to continue achieving
successes in eradicating terrorism from our country,” he added.
Filipe Nyusi had already
stated on Tuesday in New York that the support that Mozambique is receiving in
the fight against terrorism is an example of how Africa can solve its problems,
but pointed out that the forces on the ground need more financing.
“This pioneering experience of
combining bilateral and multilateral intervention is also an example of the
resolution of African problems by Africans themselves. However, the question
that arises is the need for substantial support to these countries, directly
and indirectly helping us fight terrorism in Mozambique, in order to make
ongoing operations sustainable,” Filipe Nyusi said in his address to the 78th
annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Mozambique’s Armed Defence
Forces have been fighting terrorism in Cabo Delgado province since July 2021.
Attacks starting in October 2017 have conditioned the progress of natural gas
production projects in the region.
“We have been achieving
visible successes on the ground, despite terrorists continuing to sporadically
create terror and fear in isolated villages. With the improvement in order and
tranquillity, the population has been returning en masse to their areas of
origin, restarting life with normality,” Nyusi told the UN General Assembly on
Tuesday.
The terrorist organisation
Islamic State claims to have executed 11 Christians in Mocímboa da Praia
district, Cabo Delgado, last week. Sources however have told Lusa of at least
12 deaths on site and several injured in the attack on Naquitenge, a village in
the interior of that district, last Friday.
The conflict in northern
Mozambique has already displaced one million people, according to the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and cost 4,000 lives, according
to the ACLED conflict registration project.
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