Cabo Delgado, 18 November, 2020 / 9:10 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM) have expressed their solidarity with the people of God in the Province of Cabo Delgado, within the Catholic Diocese of Pemba who are experiencing violent attacks from jihadists.
“The Bishops express their fraternal closeness to the brothers and fellow citizens of Cabo Delgado and ensure their constant prayer in the hope of finding ways of dialogue that will facilitate an end to the terrible conflict and the resulting humanitarian drama,” CEM members have been quoted as saying in a Wednesday, November 18 news report.
In the news report, CEM members underscore “the importance of education to achieve greater social development, as well as the urgent need to recover the historical memory of Mozambique in order to achieve a true path of national reconciliation.”
They further say that it is the responsibility of everyone to find solutions to the prolonged crisis.
Cabo Delgado has been witnessing violence since October 2017 when an Islamist armed group known locally as Al-Sunna wa Jama’a (ASWJ) attacked a police station in Mocimboa da Praia district.
