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Mozambique: Nangade Residents Take Revenge On Insurgents
AIM, 6 December 2018
Residents of Nangade district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, have taken the law into their own hands, launching a counter-attack against supposed members of… Read more »
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Mozambique: Security Forces Abusing Suspected Insurgents
HRW, 6 December 2018
Mozambique security forces have been implicated in serious abuses while fighting an armed Islamist group in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
Abuses, Executions Mar Mozambique Counter-Insurgency Campaign
The security forces waging the fight against militants in the country's north are guilty of "serious abuses" of human rights including summary executions, Human Rights Watch has said. In a new report, the rights watchdog alleges that witness statements gathered since August proved police had carried out dozens of executions and arbitrarily detained people suspected of participating in the insurgency that has claimed dozens of lives.
A Mozambican army soldier inspects a building destroyed during a night attack by a suspected armed Islamist group in Chicuaia Velha village, Nangade district, on November 23, 2018.
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Mozambique: Civilians Killed in Anti-Terror Operations
CAJ News, 6 December 2018
Mozambican security forces have been implicated in serious abuses while fighting an armed Islamist group north of the country. Read more »
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Mozambique: Two More Cabo Delgado Villages Attacked
AIM, 4 December 2018
Unidentified assailants, believed to be Islamic fundamentalists, attacked two villages in Nangade district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, on Saturday,… Read more »
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Mozambique: Dozens of Accused Fail to Attend Cabo Delgado Trial
AIM, 4 December 2018
Seventy of the 189 people facing charges concerning the terrorist attacks in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado have failed to show up at the court in the provincial… Read more »
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Mozambique: Trial of Almost 200 Terrorists Begins
AIM, 4 October 2018
The Cabo Delgado provincial court in northern Mozambique on Wednesday began the trial of 189 people suspected of involvement in terrorist activities since the outbreak of an… Read more »
InFocus
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It began in October 2017, when armed militants attacked a series of police stations. Since then, sporadic attacks on villages and government buildings have killed dozens of people, ... Read more »
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Though the violence in Cabo Delgado, which has killed at least 90 people, first began getting serious attention more than a year ago, details about what's driving it remain ... Read more »
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Until a year ago, Mozambique's most northern province was known for its idyllic beaches and palm trees. But since October last year, unsettling news has emerged out of the region. ... Read more »
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Mozambique holds local elections on October 10 in a vote that could test progress in the country's peace talks after a largely peaceful campaign although there have been a handful ... Read more »
