MAPUTO (HRNW) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has fired his defence and interior ministers, questioning their competence as the country battles a four-year Islamist insurgency.
Nyusi s office issued a terse statement on Wednesday announcing that the defence minister Jaime Neto had been “relieved” of his duties.
A day earlier, a similar statement announced the sacking of interior minister Amade Muquidade.
No explanation was given for the dismissal of the two key ministers, appointed just under two years ago.
But on Wednesday Nyusi gave a hint.
“A leader or commander in the area of defense and security cannot afford to sleep (on the job), especially during war times,” he said in an address before a military sergeants graduation ceremony.
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