At least seven border posts between Mozambique and Tanzania have reopened two years after being closed due to armed attacks in Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, a migration source said.
The opening of the seven borders, located in the districts of Mueda, Nangada, Mocimboa da Praia and Palma, is due to improved security in the region, Ivo Sampaña, spokesman for the National Migration Service (Senami) in Cabo Delgado, said today. daily news.
“At the moment they have not yet been rehabilitated. [as infraestruturas destruídas nos postos]but we were forced to resume work because Senami was under pressure from the people of both countries,” the spokesman said.
The opening of border posts has increased the movement of people between Mozambique and Tanzania, with an average of four thousand border crossings recorded per month, compared with about three thousand previously, Ivo Sampanha said.
Senami’s spokesman also said that the Defense Forces of both countries have strengthened border security measures to prevent the movement of people associated with terrorists, noting that new crossing points are expected to open in Cabo Delgado.
The opening of the borders comes after a suspected group of terrorists attacked the village of Chinda in Mocimboa da Praia, one of the areas bordering Tanzania, on Wednesday evening and burned at least 11 houses.
Mozambique’s defense minister said on Friday that 70% of the population displaced by the war had returned to Cabo Delgado as security had been restored in the region.
Cabo Delgado province has faced an armed insurgency for six years, with the extremist group Islamic State claiming responsibility for some attacks. This uprising has led to a military response since July 2021, supported by Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), liberating areas close to gas projects, but new waves of attacks have emerged in the south of the region and in a neighboring province. from Nampula.
The conflict has already displaced one million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and nearly 4,000 people have died, according to the ACLED Conflict Recording Project.
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