Maputo — The chief-of-staff of the
Mozambican Defence Force (FADM), Gen Lagos Lidimo, said on
Thursday that young people must be discouraged from deserting
from the army, merely because they do not understand its purpose.
This was a startlingly frank admission that desertion of
conscripts has become a serious problem.
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