Africa-Press – Mozambique. The district of Pebane, by the Indian Ocean in Zambézia province, has in recent days registered a strong presence of different specialties and sub-units of the Defence and Security Forces (FDS).
According to military sources, the main reason is that there is evidence that some insurgents have migrated to the district, which has also seen the arrival of several foreigners involved in precious and semi-precious stone-related activities, specifically in the administrative post of Mulela.
According to Carta sources, the situation is worrying because some terrorists use the sea to move from one place to another. The district village headquarters of Pebane has therefore been heavily militarised for more than a week, with military personnel in constant readiness from the local airfield down to the coast, and plainclothes intelligence services agents in various locations.
A year ago, a commission of parliamentarians on a working visit to Pebane confirmed allegations in the district about the emergence of several mosques distributed in a disorganised manner. The case saw no proper outcome, never establishing the owners of the mosques.
Another aspect, according to Carta sources, is that the district of Pebane is bordered to the east by the district of Moma in Nampula province, one of the regions where younger people have since 2017 allegedly been enticed financially to join the insurgents. However, according to military sources, in recent months, many of the terrorists have returned to their areas of origin and, fearing for the worst, government authorities have mobilised several military contingents to protect the Pebane district, which has a large forest to the north with the Reserva do Gilé.
Pebane Court sells ironwood seized in Gilé Reserve
Terrorists have recently started carrying out incursions in Niassa province, specifically in the district of Mecula, where in recent days they burned a police vehicle, injured two police officers, vandalised a local hospital and created a new wave of internally displaced people, joining the more than 930,000 already suffering that plight.
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