Mozambique: Chapo Calls for Voluntary Surrender of Illegal Firearms Before December Deadline

Maputo — Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo has warned that the authorities will forcibly collect illegally held firearms after December, when the deadline for their voluntary surrender, under a police amnesty programme, expires.

Speaking in Manhiça district, southern Mozambican province of Maputo province, at the closing ceremony of the 20th training course for the Mozambican Police Special Operations and Reserve Units, citizens who voluntarily surrender firearms, under Operation…