Foreigners accused of creating instability in Montepuez – aimnews.org

Maputo, 7 Apr (AIM) – Genuína Nangundo, administrator of the Montepuez district, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, accused foreign citizens of recruiting young people to create instability and facilitate illegal gold mining.

According to the administrator, quoted by Rádio Moçambique, these young people are being recruited at the administrative post in Nairoto.

She alleged that the foreign nationals in question also resort to misinformation about how cholera spreads to incite disorder in communities. She did not specify the nationality of the alleged foreigners.

According to Nangundo, at least two individuals, considered ringleaders, were arrested following acts of vandalism that culminated in the destruction of the headquarters and residence of the head of the town of Macololo a few days ago.

“Foreigners give young people money, recruit them to work in the mines. They end up acting like bosses, while our young people enter the mines, extract the gold and hand it over to them,” he said. No evidence was offered for these claims.

Nangundo added that the spread of misinformation about cholera was used as a pretext to destabilize local governance.

“A strange environment was created. There was misinformation about cholera as a strategy to disorganize the local government and allow them to continue their illegal activities,” she said.

Due to insecurity, the head of the Nairoto administrative post and the head of the Macololo locality temporarily left their areas of jurisdiction for fear that their lives were in danger.

The administrator appealed to young people not to be manipulated by financial promises, warning that such practices put sovereignty and territorial integrity at risk. “Young people must be vigilant. They cannot compromise the future of their homeland for immediate gains,” he added.
(AIM)
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