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Ceremony marking the start of US/Mozambican military training.
The marine component of the Armed Forces for the Defence of Mozambique (FADM) is on the receiving end of training from US Special Operations Forces.
This is according to a statement issued by the US Embassy in Maputo on 15 March.
The Embassy said the two-month Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) programme launched on 15 March will see Mozambican marines benefit from the experience and knowledge of US Special Forces to up their skill levels in support of efforts by South Africa’s eastern neighbour to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism.
Amnesty International has called for an independent investigation into violence in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province which it alleges involves a South African-based arms company.
HUNDREDS of people have been killed by jihadists, government forces and private security companies in Mozambique, according to a new Amnesty report, which has accused all three groups of war crimes.
The human rights organisation details serious violations of international humanitarian law based on its interviews with 79 internally displaced persons from 15 communities.
The report, titled What I Saw Is Death: War Crimes in Mozambique’s Forgotten Cape, focuses primarily on the impact of the increased fighting in Cabo Delgado since a major attack by the Islamist al-Shabab group on Mocimboa da Praia in March 2020.
It finds that all three parties have committed war crimes and calls for the government to stop the fighting and launch an urgent investigation.
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What I Saw Is Death : War Crimes in Mozambique’s Forgotten Cape
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Hundreds of people killed as conflict continues to rage in Cabo Delgado
Indiscriminate attacks carried out by Dyck Advisory Group
More than half-a-million civilians displaced to date
Hundreds of civilians in Mozambique have been unlawfully killed by the armed group known locally as ‘Al-Shabaab’, government security forces and a private military company hired by the government, Amnesty International said today, as it published a new report on the ongoing conflict in Cabo Delgado.
The report,
‘What I Saw Is Death’: War Crimes in Mozambique’s Forgotten Cape, documents serious violations of international humanitarian law by all parties resulting in widespread death, destruction and a humanitarian crisis that has caused more than half-a-million people to flee.