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Chiúre administrator warns of deadly violence

By , based on O País

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Chiúre administrator Isaura Máquina warns of human rights violations linked to community conflicts that have caused violence and deaths in the Cabo Delgado district. At a peace conference, she called on residents to show tolerance, according to O País.

The administrator of Chiúre, a district in the south of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, has raised the alarm over human rights violations, violence and deaths linked to social conflicts between communities. She considers the situation critical and believes it threatens peace in the district, reports Mozambican media outlet O País.

The administrator called on residents to show tolerance between communities at a conference on peace and social cohesion held in Chiúre, the district capital. She described social cohesion and human rights as a matter of survival for Cabo Delgado province, according to O País.

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