ACI Africa, Apr 1, 2021 / 04:37 am
While a recent massacre in Mozambique has drawn headlines internationally, the country has been dealing with violence for years, which has largely gone unacknowledged in the international community, said leaders of a Catholic charity and peace organization present in the country.
Johan Viljoen, director of Denis Hurley Peace Institute (DHPI), which is an entity of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), said footage and images coming in from the Palma massacre are horrifying.
“There are bodies lying everywhere on the streets and on the beaches; countless bodies of innocent civilians,” Viljoen told ACI Africa, CNA’s sister agency, on March 29.
“What's happening here is no different from what we used to see in Iraq…unfortunately, the world has all this time been silent about it,” he said.