IMBISA Vice President Concerned About Endless Violence and Displacement in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province

Archbishop José Manuel Imbamba, vice president of the Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA), called on Christian leaders to promote peace following a meeting in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Speaking on October 1, Imbamba addressed the ongoing violence and displacement affecting the region.

The IMBISA Permanent Council met from September 28 to October 1 to review social, economic, and political conditions across Southern Africa. During the meeting, Catholic bishops visited Cabo Delgado to show solidarity with Bishop António Juliasse Ferreira Sandramo and the local Catholic community. The bishops also visited a site for families displaced by extremist violence.

Imbamba noted that many families were forced to abandon their homes and land to live in areas of insecurity. He described the situation as a period of extreme violence that requires the Church to increase its presence and solidarity with those affected.