By DARLINGTON CHILUBA THERE was a time when the depressing chaos in Mozambique would have made a different kind of headline. One that showed a gathering of regional and continental heads of State calling for an end to all atrocities. Granted, intervention in such matters is never done from a blind angle because every side has a perspective that must be heard and considered cautiously and respectfully. However, perhaps because of constant flow of information through social media, from inside Mozambique, there appears only cautious external intervention from regional neighbours – even the continent. It needs to be stated here that the right to life, to self-determination and peace is not a gift from another human being. This is why leaders in 1945 met to create the United Nations (UN) to preserve the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all nations. Territorial integrity and sovereignty are given credence by the presence of human life within their […]
Mozambique: An indictment on absentee regional leadership
