The Christian Council of Mozambique warns of worsening land conflicts involving mining companies operating in Cabo Delgado and displaced people returning to their areas of origin.

According to the agency's delegate in Cabo Delgado, Emerson Ubisse, there are recurring complaints about management problems and access to land by the hundreds of people who have abandoned their villages because of the actions of the insurgents.

"When people return to their areas of origin, they find new tenants in their spaces, and the warning we are sending out is about companies that take over land belonging to communities, and this happens a lot in Mocimboa da Praia, Palma and other districts in central and northern Cabo Delgado," says Ubisse, quoted by VOA.

For its part, the Mozambican Network of Human Rights Defenders, in the voice of Rui Martins, believes that situations like these also occur in regions where multinationals exploit mineral resources, all over the country.

Meanwhile, political analyst Rui Mate believes that the land conflicts that occur in mining areas are fundamentally the result of a lack of transparency and communication between the government, companies and communities about multinational investments.

Meanwhile, the government authorities say that land and other conflicts are inevitable, but give assurances that "everything is being done to protect the communities that own the resources being exploited".

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