Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi received a thousand tonnes of donated maize from Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was on a one day state visit to Maputo on Friday.
Zimbabwe joins donors pushing for a surge in aid aimed at rebuilding infrastructure and restoring public services since some civilians had started to pick up their lives in the conflict torn Cabo Delgado province.
Nyusi thanked the goodwill gesture from Zimbabwe and also acknowledged the country’s role in the military offensive against Islamist extremists in the gas and oil rich province.
“I want to thank President Mnangagwa for his donation of 1 000 tonnes to the victims of terrorism, the kind gesture will go a long way.
“We have Zimbabwean officers participating in the training and development of our soldiers who are fighting terrorists,” said Nyusi.