Moz 'turning a blind eye' to organ trade

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Maputo - The Mozambique Human Rights League (LDH) on Monday blamed foreign witch doctors, mainly from West Africa, for the recent killings that are allegedly related to the trafficking of human organs.

"This phenomenon is new to Mozambique and could be linked to the proliferation of foreign witch doctors in our country, but the government has simply turned a blind eye to this," LDH chairperson Alice Mabota said.

Mabota was referring to a recent spate of killings in Mozambique's northern Nampula province in which body parts, mainly genitals, have been extracted. It is believed that the organs are used in witchcraft, which is widespread in several parts of Mozambique.

Repeating earlier statements by the Roman Catholic Church, the LDH insisted that reports of a child and human organ trafficking network operating in Mozambique were true.

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