According to Mozambican officials, in the past two months in Mocimboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province, close to 90 Islamist terrorists and their hostages have turned themselves in to the government.
A vicious Islamist insurgency that has caused a severe humanitarian crisis in northern Mozambique has plagued the region.
During a visit to the province in September, President Filipe Nyusi announced an amnesty for all terrorists who had turned themselves in.
The militants were well received, according to local administrator Sérgio Cipriano, and the process of rapprochement and reintegration was under progress.
“We ask communities to welcome the repentant as brothers, forgive all wrongs done, leave the past and pick up a new page. They are children of Mocimboa da Praia who return to their homes, to their origins,” he said.
Since 2017, extremists have abducted people, beheaded people, and set homes on fire throughout the region, prompting hundreds of thousands of people to flee for their lives.
