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Graça Machel Calls for Conscious Management of Mozambique’s Resources for Benefit of All

Graça Machel Calls for Conscious Management of Mozambique’s Resources for Benefit of All

Social activist Graça Machel warned this Monday, September 12, in the city of Praia, of the “very big risks” of the armed insurgency in Northern Mozambique and called for a “full and complete” management of resources for the benefit of all.

“Right at the beginning, when we started talking about gas, we always insisted that it should not become a threat, but unfortunately the risks are very big,” recalled the activist, who is in the capital of Cape Verde at the invitation of the Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva.

Graça Machel participated on Saturday, September 10, in Tarrafal, Santiago Island, in a conversation with the head of government on issues of development, education, gender equality and the fight against poverty. This Monday she was received by the President of the Republic, José Maria Neves.

The former wife of the first Mozambican President, Samora Machel, and widow of the South African historical leader Nelson Mandela, is also a special guest of the Pedro Pires Institute for Leadership (IPP) to talk about the challenges of female leadership.

The event takes place on the day of the birth of Amílcar Cabral, in 1924, who, if he were alive, would be 98 years old (he was assassinated on 20 January 1973).

Urged to comment on the armed conflict in the north of her country, she said it is not only the issue of insurgency, but also how resources should be managed.

“With or without insurgency it is necessary to manage resources with full and complete awareness that they are to serve each and every Mozambican,” she argued, considering that mechanisms are needed to allow everyone [Mozambicans] to benefit from those means.

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Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas, but has been terrorised since 2017 by armed violence, with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.

The insurgency has led to a military response since a year ago by forces from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), liberating districts near gas projects but leading to a new wave of attacks in other areas, closer to Pemba, the provincial capital, and in Nampula province.

There are 800,000 internally displaced people due to the conflict, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and some 4,000 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project.

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