{"id":9425,"date":"2021-11-23T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=9425"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:10:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:10:42","slug":"mozambique-residents-return-to-macomia-but-not-everyone-feels-safe-lusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-residents-return-to-macomia-but-not-everyone-feels-safe-lusa","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique: Residents return to Macomia, but not everyone feels safe \u2013 Lusa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>After several announcements by the Mozambican government that it had regained control of districts in Cabo Delgado from the hands of insurgents, some people have found the courage to return, but they are still wary.<\/p>\n

Paulo Chalegwa, 63, a former combatant and owner of a small business in Macomia, fled a year ago with his wife and four children to Namialo, in Nampula province. Now, he has decided to return, but he has not found the tranquillity he had hoped for, due to reports from the surrounding communities.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival in Macomia town, the district headquarters, in the centre of Cabo Delgado, Chalegwa was told that \u201cthe deaths continue\u201d in other villages in the district, he says, in the local language Shimaconde, one of the most spoken in the town.<\/p>\n

\u201cDays ago, bodies were found in the Quiterajo area,\u201d a coastal area about 80 kilometres distant by unpaved land, a route that takes almost two hours to cover.<\/p>\n

Incidents with casualties, scattered across districts in central and southern Cabo Delgado are attributed to fleeing rebels by local sources, including members of security forces.<\/p>\n

These are insurgents who belonged to groups on bases dismantled by the military offensive which has been trying to restore security in the province since July. They are now roaming the province.<\/p>\n

When insurgents entered Macomia in 2020, they burned down the stall of ex-combatant Chalegwa, who now expects to reopen it. But he says there is a climate of fear and he won\u2019t risk it. \u201cLook, I lost a lot, 57,000 meticais,\u201d around \u20ac790, more than many Mozambicans earn in a year, and says he won\u2019t \u201ctake the risk again\u201d.<\/p>\n

He will remain in Macomia with his wife, hoping that the situation will improve, but he has sent his four children back to Namialo, to \u201cavoid the worst\u201d, because \u201clightning never strikes twice\u201d.<\/p>\n

With reports of armed violence all around, it is as if Macomia had not yet been freed from the rebels, Chalegwa says, a perspective shared by 57-year-old Momade Mwanifa, a father of four children, two of whom were murdered by the insurgents during the attack on Macomia in 2020.<\/p>\n

Since then, Mwanifa has stayed in Nacala, south, in Nampula province, for more than a year, sleeping under an old car in a yard, a space he was allowed to occupy in exchange for security guard work.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod only knows my future: I lost my children and now, when I return, the situation continues,\u201d he complains in Kimwani, another language spoken in the town.<\/p>\n

He sent his 23- and 19-year-old children back to Nacala so as not to be in danger, because Macomia \u201cis still insecure\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will sleep in the same place. I spoke to the boss [of the yard] who said he\u2019s going to take them in,\u201d he says, adding that if things don\u2019t change, he himself would prefer to \u201cgo back to Nacala\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gomes Kawessa, 59, fled Macomia for Mueda in November, 2020, after a month sleeping in the bush for fear of being caught by insurgents. He also returned after hearing that the situation was under control, but the signs are still of danger, he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sent my children back\u201d to Mueda, he says. \u201cThey are studying there,\u201d because \u201cthere is still war\u201d in Macomia. \u201cThere are deaths in Quiterajo and Mucojo, and no one says anything,\u201d he says, questioning the authorities\u2019 sincerity.<\/p>\n

A source in the local security force says that the deaths in Quiterajo and Mucojo, along the coast, deserve an intervention to restore tranquillity. According to this account, reinforcement has already been requested by the authorities in order to address the situation in the area.<\/p>\n

Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas, but has been terrorised since 2017 by armed rebels, with some attacks claimed by the Islamic State extremist group.<\/p>\n

The conflict has already caused more than 3,100 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project, and more than 817,000 displaced, according to the Mozambican authorities.<\/p>\n

Since July, an offensive by government troops with the support of Rwanda, which was later joined by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has increased security, recovering several areas where there was a presence of rebels, namely the town of Moc\u00edmboa da Praia, which had been occupied since August 2020.<\/p>\n

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