Good afternoon. Has peace broken out in Nampula province’s Mutuali administrative post? The question is one of much more than local interest. Between December and April, Naparama militia drove out local officials, and the area was not under government control. Naparama groups operate across central and northern Mozambique, and, as this newsletter suggested last week, they pose a threat to law and order more generally.
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Now, following a Naparama attack on security forces two weeks ago, provincial governor Eduardo Abdula says that 63 Naparama have surrendered to the authorities and are to receive job training. It is a remarkably gentle response to a group that was shooting security forces a matter of weeks ago, albeit one in keeping with Abdula’s approach of winning over hearts and minds and his image as the kindly “Uncle Salimo”, as locals refer to him. Abdula is embarrassed that violence broke out between the security forces and Naparama, and believes he could have prevented it had he intervened, according to sources in his office.
