{"id":15376,"date":"2022-03-07T18:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=15376"},"modified":"2022-03-07T16:06:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:06:11","slug":"cabo-delgado-head-of-samim-says-attacks-are-weakening-dw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/cabo-delgado-head-of-samim-says-attacks-are-weakening-dw","title":{"rendered":"Cabo Delgado: Head of SAMIM says attacks are weakening \u2013 DW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>\u201cThe terrorists have been dislodged from their main bases,\u201d head of SAMIM, Mpho Molomo, told journalists in Pemba, the capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado on Saturday (05-03). \u201cWe have prevented them from taking people\u2019s lives. The people themselves say that they feel safer because of our presence in these areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is returning to normal, and people are returning to their areas of origin,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The results achieved by the intervention of the SADC mission, which is waging a joint struggle with the Mozambican Defence Armed Forces and Rwandan troops against the group locally known as \u201cAl-Shabab\u201d, are allowing the Mozambican government and its partners to start reconstruction in the areas devastated by the conflict.<\/p>\n

The population, says the head of SAMIM, is returning to their \u2018machambas\u2019 [agricultural fields] and resuming cultivation.<\/p>\n

However, despite the successes, Mpho Molomo recognises that there are still some pockets of resistance, characterised by sporadic attacks in some remote areas, with the aim of looting food from the populations.<\/p>\n

This has obliged the SADC force to introduce new strategies to further weaken the enemy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are carrying out an asymmetric warfare, operating in small groups. They are looting some villages to obtain food,\u201d Molomo says. But the organisation is aware of these strategies, he adds, saying: \u201cEvery effort is being made in the military sphere to abort such incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another \u2018modus operandi\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

Molomo says that another terrorist tactic is infiltrating communities and resettlement centres for internally displaced people.<\/p>\n

Social activist Abudo Gafuro suggests greater interaction between the Defence and Security Forces and communities to prevent this.<\/p>\n

Gafuro says that local people are aware of all movement within communities and are therefore more likely to spot suspicious behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the bandits are weakened and fragile in terms of logistics. They are in disarray and don\u2019t have their own ground to hide,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why they are trying to blend in with communities. Surveillance cannot stop, so that there is control. For the state to carry out its operations, and to succeed in the fight against terrorism, we have to use information,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Mpho Molomo confirms that interaction with communities, particularly with local leaders, has been one of the ways SAMIM has rebuffed the terrorists\u2019 attempts at infiltration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough local leaders, we have the information we need to stop the infiltration of terrorists in communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a mission, we are committed to winning hearts and minds, so that communities understand that SAMIM is here to support and reaffirm their independence and the territorial integrity of the Republic of Mozambique.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe enjoy the support of the local communities,\u201d the head of SAMIM concludes.<\/p>\n

Source: Deutsche Welle<\/b><\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. \u201cThe terrorists have been dislodged from their main bases,\u201d head of SAMIM, Mpho Molomo, told journalists in Pemba, the capital of the northern province of Cabo Delgado on Saturday (05-03). \u201cWe have prevented them from taking people\u2019s lives. 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