Mozambique: Chapo Denies Allegations of Human Rights Violations in Cabo Delgado

Maputo — Mozambican President Daniel Chapo on Saturday denied claims of serious human rights violations allegedly committed by the Mozambican defence and security forces in Palma district, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.

The allegations were initially published in the London-based publication “Politico’, on 26 September, in an article entitled: “All must be beheaded: revelation of atrocities at French energy giant’s African stronghold’.

The claims reached a wider audience when the…