Over 100,000 people have been displaced and at least 700 have died in the majority-Christian country of Mozambique since 2017, as the spread of radical Islamic extremism in Africa is starting to plague the continent’s southeast region.
Mozambique: Horrific attacks on children in Cabo Delgado
Save the Children, has been listening to horrifying scenes of murder and grief told by displaced families in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City
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Save the Children, mothers have told the Aid agency, children as young as 11 are being beheaded, by militants, in Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado province. The conflict in the region has displaced thousands.
Traumatised mothers
One mother spoke of her eldest child being beheaded near to where she was hiding with her other three children.
“That night, our village was attacked, and houses were burned. When it all started, I was at home with my four children. We tried to escape to the woods, but they took my eldest son and beheaded him. We couldn’t do anything because we would be killed too,” the distraught mother told
Jihadi terrorists killing Christians in Mozambique seek to establish ‘government rule from Allah
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Jihadi terrorists killing Christians in Mozambique seek to establish ‘government rule from Allah
Jihadi terrorists killing Christians in Mozambique seek to establish ‘government rule from Allah
Women carry water home in Mozambique. | (Photo: World Vision)
Radical Islamic militants in the majority-Christian country of Mozambique have their eyes set on instituting Sharia law and have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in Southeast Africa.
Over the last two years, over 100,000 people have been displaced from their homes and farms in the northern province of Cabo Delgado due to increased massacres carried by terrorists.
Pope Francis expresses closeness to Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado
Pope Francis conveys his nearness to the people of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, where around 600,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to an armed conflict.
By Vatican News
Bishop Luiz Fernando Lisboa of Pemba told Vatican News about the Pope’s expression of “closeness and great love”, which came during their private audience on Friday.
The Bishop said the Pope spoke of his concern for the suffering people of Cabo Delgado, as well as for all Mozambicans.
During the 40-minute audience, Bishop Lisboa informed Pope Francis about the serious humanitarian situation underway in Mozambique’s northern region.