Southern African countries agreed Thursday (14) to extend troop presence in Mozambique for another month to help fight an insurgency linked to the Islamic State. Member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), agreed last year to send troops to Mozambique. O...
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Insurgency and pandemic ruin fishermen's families in Cabo Delgado
Amisse Assane has been a fisherman for 25 years in Cabo Delgado, in the north of the country, but the rich waters that used to give him income are now closed by the security forces because of the armed insurgency in the region. "It was once possible to make ten thousand meticais in a day, but not today," Assne explains to Lusa in kimuâni, one of the...
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Authorities prepare the reopening of the port of Mocímboa da Praia despite uncertainties
The government says it is creating conditions for the strategic port of Mocímboa da Praia, in Cabo Delgado, destroyed by the insurgency, to operate again starting next May. According to VOA's news, the port of Mocímboa da Praia is of capital importance for the logistics of both the Mozambican military and the...
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Fear invades Palma. The insurgency continues. "In Africa no one is *******" - BBC Report
BBC report: "Mozambique Palma terror attack: 'I can't go back'" The city of Palma in northern Mozambique was the scene of a horrific attack by Islamist militants a year ago that left dozens dead, forced thousands to flee their homes and halted a huge gas project nearby. A...
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"Regional asymmetries continue despite government promises"
A year after the Mozambican government created the Agência de Desenvolvimento Integrado do Norte (ADIN) (Northern Integrated Development Agency), with the purpose of fighting regional asymmetries, a fact pointed out as one of the causes of the insurgency in Cabo Delgado, specialists say that only concrete actions with social and economic impact will be able to dispel the existing skepticism regarding the institution, strongly criticized by the Mozambican civil society for its inactivity
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CIP study reveals that insurgency tripled defense and security spending in Mozambique
The war in Cabo Delgado has cost, between 2017-2020, at least 64 billion meticais (about $1.1 billion), says a study by the Center for Public Integrity (CIP)
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"SADC stays in Mozambique until 2022 but will be unable to contain insurgency"
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military deployment in Cabo Delgado is likely to extend into 2022 and still be unable to contain the expanding insurgency in northern Mozambique, predicts Eurasia Group
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South Africa approves sending 1,495 troops to help Mozambique fight insurgents
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the use of 1,495 troops to help neighboring Mozambique fight an insurgency linked to the Islamic State
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United States rehabilitates Bilibiza Agricultural Institute destroyed by insurgents in Cabo Delgado
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the rehabilitation of the Bilibiza Agrarian Institute, the main training center in Cabo Delgado, which had been destroyed by Islamic State insurgents
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SADC approves $12 million budget for force to be sent to Mozambique
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has approved a $12 million budget for the deployment of the Standby Force for Mozambique, which will help the country fight insurgents in Cabo Delgado