Terrorists in Mozambique recruit deserters and demobilize from the armed forces



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The terrorist groups that sow violence in northern Mozambique are becoming stronger with the entry of new elements. Most of them are young people who have been in the armed forces or who, in combat, choose to desert.

The information is released today by the daily Carta, which cites Mozambican “intelligence” sources who lead operations in the province of Cabo Delgado. According to them, the terrorist groups are “increasingly powerful” because they are recruiting young people who have received “basic military training and who, after the two-year term of ‘compliance’, have chosen to demobilize.”

The same newspaper maintains that the discontent within the Mozambique Defense Armed Forces (FADM), caused by the mismanagement of military logistics (food and equipment), arbitrary detentions, lack of personnel change and non-payment of subsidies, has It has been another factor used by the terrorists, who recruit some soldiers who are in the northern theater of operations. This situation supports the high number of deserters.

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