Mozambique’s president says northern town of Macomia under Islamist attack

Mozambique’s army is fighting Islamist insurgents who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia on Friday morning, President Filipe Nyusi said in a televised address. The town is in Cabo Delgado, a gas-rich northern province where Islamic Read More …

Mozambique: Dozens of children missing after jihadist attacks in Cabo Delgado province

More than 70 children are reported missing in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province following a series of jihadist attacks, local authorities have confirmed. These children became separated from their families amidst the chaos as thousands of people were forced to Read More …

Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort

Fleeing beheadings, shootings, rapes and kidnappings, nearly 1 million people are displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique. The 5-year wave of jihadi violence in Cabo Delgado province has killed more than 4,000 people and scuppered international investments Read More …

EU approves military training mission to Mozambique

Foreign Ministers from the European Union on Monday agreed to set up a military training mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). According to a press release from the Council of the European Union, the aim of the mission is to “train Read More …

Maritime security can help resolve the Mozambique insurgency

Over recent months the bloody insurgency in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has taken an unprecedented maritime turn. If it worsens, it could have profound socio-economic and security implications for Southern Africa. The Islamic State-inspired Ahlu-Sunnah Wal Jama’at Read More …