Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort
2 years, 2 months ago

Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The terrorists are on the run permanently,” Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi assured investors at the Mozambique Energy and Gas Summit in Maputo in September. Speaking at the summit in Maputo, Stéphane Le Galles, the head of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique gas project, said “the direction is very good” but the company still wants to see “a sustainable economic situation, not just in Palma but … all over Cabo Delgado.” Despite the heavy presence of Mozambican and Rwandan soldiers, the extremists' attacks continue. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said it “considers security conditions to be too volatile in Cabo Delgado to facilitate or promote returns to the province,” in a statement released earlier this month. “We would not be going to a better place.” A mother cradling a small child while sitting on a grass mat said the threat of extremist violence remains a concern.

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At least 110 people have died in 7 weeks of post-election protests in Mozambique, rights groups say
1 week, 4 days ago

At least 110 people have died in 7 weeks of post-election protests in Mozambique, rights groups say

Associated Press  

MAPUTO, Mozambique — More than 100 people including children have been killed by security forces in post-election protests in Mozambique that have lasted nearly two months, rights and civil society groups said. Since Oct. 21, 110 people have been killed in the protests, said Plataforma Eleitoral Decide, a Mozambique civil society group that monitors elections. International rights group Amnesty International …

Mozambique’s president says northern town ‘under attack’ by armed groups
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mozambique’s president says northern town ‘under attack’ by armed groups

Al Jazeera  

Mozambique’s army is fighting armed groups who launched a major attack on the northern town of Macomia, President Filipe Nyusi has said in a televised address. Fire exchange still continues,” Nyusi said at about 10:00 GMT, adding that the armed group fighters initially withdrew after about 45 minutes of fighting, but then regrouped and came back. Piers Pigou, head of …

Vantage | The insurgency that has displaced thousands in Mozambique
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Vantage | The insurgency that has displaced thousands in Mozambique

Firstpost  

As Mozambique grapples with the ongoing insurgency orchestrated by Al-Shabaab, the plight of its people worsens by the day Mozambique, a country nestled in southeastern Africa, is grappling with a multifaceted crisis that has drawn global attention. Despite Mozambique’s rich natural resources, including significant reserves of natural gas, the insurgency poses a severe impediment to the nation’s development and stability. …

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN raises alert for 780,000 people displaced in Mozambique, most due to violence in north

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The United Nations’ refugee chief raised a new alert Thursday over 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique, the vast majority of them because of a seven-year insurgency by a jihadi group that has thrown the north of the country into turmoil. Filippo Grandi, the U.N.'s high commissioner for refugees, was on a visit to Mozambique’s northern …

New attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled
9 months, 2 weeks ago

New attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has left more than 70 children missing, with fears they may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants as thousands of families fled, local authorities and a group of aid agencies said. Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s northernmost province …

Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort
2 years, 2 months ago

Mozambique jihadi violence spreads despite military effort

Associated Press  

NANJUA, Mozambique — Fleeing beheadings, shootings, rapes and kidnappings, nearly 1 million people are displaced by the Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique. They say their conditions are bleak and food assistance is meager but they’re afraid to return home because of continuing violence by the rebels who are now going by the name Islamic State Mozambique Province. “The terrorists …

Mozambique’s jihadi rebels launch new offensive in north
2 years, 4 months ago

Mozambique’s jihadi rebels launch new offensive in north

Associated Press  

MAPUTO, Mozambique — A new offensive by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels in the embattled northern province of Cabo Delgado has increased the number of displaced by 80,000 and undermines the government’s claims of containing the insurgency. The new offensive, which started in June, follows a period of relative calm when the commander-general of Mozambique’s national police had declared that “the …

Rwanda deploys 1,000 soldiers to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado
3 years, 5 months ago

Rwanda deploys 1,000 soldiers to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

Al Jazeera  

The government in Kigali says deployment at the request of the Mozambican authorities aimed at restoring state control in the conflict-hit province. Rwanda has started deploying 1,000-strong forces to Mozambique to help it combat worsening violence in the gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province. Soldiers from Rwanda, which is not a member of SADC, would fight alongside Mozambique’s forces and SADC …

Southern African nations agree to deploy forces to Mozambique
3 years, 6 months ago

Southern African nations agree to deploy forces to Mozambique

Al Jazeera  

The SADC Standby Force will support Mozambique ‘to combat terrorism and acts of violent extremism’ in Cabo Delgado province. The Southern African Development Community has said it agreed to deploy troops to Mozambique to help it tackle escalating violence in the country’s north – but offered little specific operational details. On Wednesday, SADC Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax said at the …

40,000 displaced in north Mozambique after assault on Palma
3 years, 8 months ago

40,000 displaced in north Mozambique after assault on Palma

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Some 40,000 displaced and urgently needing food, work suspended on a multi-billion-dollar gas investment, and scores of dead still being counted. Although the fighting has ended, Palma does not appear to be completely secure, the rebels still able to make hit and run attacks, according to Cabo Ligado, which reports on the crisis caused by extremist violence in …

'They are not sleeping': Analysts flag fears over Mozambique jihadists' next move
3 years, 8 months ago

'They are not sleeping': Analysts flag fears over Mozambique jihadists' next move

Firstpost  

On 24 March, Islamic State-linked militants launched an assault on Palma that overwhelmed security forces and caused French energy giant Total to abandon a nearby gas project Johannesburg: Jihadist fighters who raided the northern Mozambique town of Palma last month may be planning their next move, analysts say, raising fears of more attacks in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. “Further …

EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?
3 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of Palma has highlighted the southern Africa country’s insurgency and threats to its multibillion-dollar investments. It also has used a private military organization based in South Africa, the Dyck Advisory Group, which has sent helicopter gunships and …

Who are the fighters launching attacks in northern Mozambique?
3 years, 8 months ago

Who are the fighters launching attacks in northern Mozambique?

Al Jazeera  

The latest attack in Cabo Delgado province kills dozens of civilians and forces thousands of Palma residents and IDPs to flee towards safety. “They’ve moved into being a serious enemy to security forces and even targeting military posts.” Jasmine Opperman, of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, agreed about the group’s increasing strength. “There is a voice of …

Insurgents Kill Dozens In Attack On Natural Gas Complex In Mozambique
3 years, 8 months ago

Insurgents Kill Dozens In Attack On Natural Gas Complex In Mozambique

NPR  

Insurgents Kill Dozens In Attack On Natural Gas Complex In Mozambique Enlarge this image toggle caption Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images Days of fighting in a key city in Mozambique's north have left dozens of civilians dead as security forces battled to turn back an assault by suspected Islamic State-linked insurgents. Hundreds of militants last …

Rebels besiege town in northern Mozambique for fifth day
3 years, 8 months ago

Rebels besiege town in northern Mozambique for fifth day

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — Rebels fought the Mozambican army Sunday for the fifth straight day for control of the strategic northern town of Palma, as reports came in that dozens of civilians have been killed and bodies were littering the streets. The attacks in Palma started Wednesday just hours after the French energy company Total announced that it would resume work outside …

Jihadi rebels hit town in north Mozambique near gas project
3 years, 8 months ago

Jihadi rebels hit town in north Mozambique near gas project

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jihadi rebels are fighting to …

Islamic extremists in Mozambique blamed for mass beheadings
4 years, 1 month ago

Islamic extremists in Mozambique blamed for mass beheadings

Associated Press  

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Reports of more than 50 beheadings by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels have raised international alarm over the new level of violence in the country’s north. “These acts of barbarity must be stamped out wherever they are found,” he said, adding that Zimbabwe “is ready to assist in any way.” The extremists’ three-year insurgency in Cabo Delgado has …

Civilians reel as violence spins out of control in Mozambique
4 years, 1 month ago

Civilians reel as violence spins out of control in Mozambique

Al Jazeera  

Solution in Cabo Delgado conflict seems further away than ever as gruesome attacks aggravate an already dire humanitarian crisis. The attackers reportedly faced stiff resistance in some quarters from a local militia led by veterans of Mozambique’s war of independence in the 1960s-70s – but have taken revenge by conducting mass beheadings in a football stadium in Muatide village, according …

UN urges Mozambique to investigate murder, beheadings
4 years, 1 month ago

UN urges Mozambique to investigate murder, beheadings

Al Jazeera  

As many as 50 people have died in recent days in attacks by fighters linked to ISIL, including decapitations of women and children. Violence has surged this year in Cabo Delgado – a province that borders Tanzania and is the site of a multibillion-dollar natural gas project – alarming governments across southern Africa. 2,000 killed Security forces in Cabo Delgado …

Tanzania confirms 1st attack by Mozambique-based extremists
4 years, 2 months ago

Tanzania confirms 1st attack by Mozambique-based extremists

Associated Press  

DODOMA, Tanzania — For the first time, Tanzania’s government has acknowledged an attack inside the country by Islamic extremists based in neighboring Mozambique. The attack claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group last week marks an ominous expansion of the shadowy group that has killed more than 1,500 people in northern Mozambique since it emerged in 2017. The …

Extremist violence causes food shortages in north Mozambique
4 years, 2 months ago

Extremist violence causes food shortages in north Mozambique

Associated Press  

JOHANNESBURG — The escalating extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique has displaced 310,000 people, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program said Tuesday. “We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado where conflict and violence have left people without access to food and livelihoods,” Antonella D’Aprile, the World Food Program’s representative for Mozambique, said Tuesday. …

Mozambique blames extremist rebels for videos of atrocities
4 years, 3 months ago

Mozambique blames extremist rebels for videos of atrocities

Associated Press  

MAPUTO, Mozambique — In response to widely circulated videos showing men in Mozambican army uniforms torturing and killing unarmed civilians, Interior Minister Amade Miquidade said the footage may have been filmed by Islamic extremist rebels trying to discredit government forces. Miquidade was speaking Tuesday after a video was distributed on social media showing people in the uniforms of the Mozambican …

Regional leaders meet as Mozambique security crisis worsens
4 years, 4 months ago

Regional leaders meet as Mozambique security crisis worsens

Al Jazeera  

SADC meeting comes days after ISIL-linked fighters seized a strategic port near major gas projects in Cabo Delgado. When fighters from a shadowy group, known as Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jama or “followers of the prophetic tradition”, began launching attacks in northern Mozambique in October 2017, security agencies dismissed it as isolated acts of banditry. The National Council for Defence and Security, …

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