Mozambique: The Bishop of Pemba – “In Order to Stop Jihadists, We Must Give Young People a Future”

Maputo — “There cannot be first class and second class victims”. “The response to jihadists cannot be solely military but it is necessary to give hope to young people who would otherwise be tempted to recruit into jihadist ranks”. These are some of the statements released by Msgr. Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo, Bishop of Pemba, a diocese located in Cabo Delgado, the northern province of Mozambique destabilized for several years by rebels who have joined the Islamic State.

The jihadist insurgency…