A humanitarian crisis looms as a violent insurgency continues to sweep over northern Mozambique. As many flee to safety, the question remains: who, or what, fuels the fire?
Over the past decade, there has been an increase in foreign investment in energy and gas development in Mozambique in East Africa. But since October 2017, attacks in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado - believed to be exacerbated by contestation over these resources - have morphed into extremism in a region with fertile conditions for it to thrive. As a result, a humanitarian crisis has reared its head.
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