LETTER: UN must boost security in Africa
Governments have abdicated their responsibility to protect people from terrorist groups
Cabo Delgado is a comfortable 1,600km from Maputo, which has allowed the government of Mozambique to ignore it for years. That is until a huge reserve of oil and gas was found offshore. Doubtless deals have been done and equally doubtless there will be little benefit to the local population, except in the most marginal way.
Your article painted the all-too-familiar picture of heartless brutality being visited on civilians by opposing forces who have a common objective — to get their hands on the goods (“Mozambique looks to private sector in war against insurgents (../../../ft/world/africa/2021-03-15-mozambique-looks-to-private-sector-in-war-against-insurgents/)”, March 15). The inability of African governments to provide a modicum of security for their populations is a staple of modern politics and parallels with Nigeria and its abdication to Boko Haram are inevitable...
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