Good afternoon. The thuggish presence of the Naparama militia is continuing to extend its intimidating shadow across central and northern Mozambique (see below). Regular readers of ours will know that this newsletter has commented many times before on the Naparama and the damage they are doing to the country. In a nutshell, they are a movement made up of bands of militia warriors armed with blades, bows and arrows, answering to no central authority but acting on the advice of witch doctors, who in centuries past provided much of the leadership in rural villages. Today, the influence of witch doctors still holds good in parts of the countryside.
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Fernando Lima
Zitamar News
Naparama have tried to fight the insurgents in Cabo Delgado province in the past, believing that they have magical powers that make them immune to bullets. But others have attacked healthcare workers who were trying to control cholera, out of the superstitious belief that government workers are trying to actually spread the disease, and killed election officials.
