Maputo — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza does not believe that there are any members of the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda on Mozambican soil.
He was reacting to a story published by the South African "Sunday Times" that terrorist training camps have been set up in Tete and Nampula provinces, in order to train fanatical islamists to attack the football World Cup in South Africa.
Guebuza, who is attending the France-Africa summit in Nice, told reporters "We have no knowledge of this. It doesn't seem likely to me that this is happening, and the defence and security bodies in Mozambique must be very attentive to these questions".
Nonetheless, he said the Mozambican authorities would look into the matter, given the seriousness of the accusation.
Guebuza added that the Mozambican security forces "work in very close collaboration with the defence and security forces of the rest of the southern African region. As a result, we exchange information, and up until now, we have no knowledge of anything of this sort anywhere in the region".
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Well say it again Mr. President .Like someone said somewhere recently, the western world thinks that there is some phenomena called 911 which must have its own laws and foreign policy. Almost all dictators on the continent are now misusing their fellow citizens through the adoption of so-called terrorism laws. If any African dictator wants to perpetuate his reign, just call the new name for the 21st century cold war -Al Qaida. No more internal political discontent because the west will smell Al Qaida and give you sophisticated machines for your customs and airports alone but nothing for your terrible roads , underdeveloped agricultural and skeletal health sectors which are badly starved of adequate funding. You want money from the west , just organize a band of rag tagged hoodlums to ravage your country side and shout freedom to the world in the name of Bi laden, man you 'll see the west running to you personally with bags of money begging to hijack your security apparatus. Mr. President please tells them that Africans have a more pressing problem - hunger and poverty than the Al Qaida tingling.