Mozambicans Live in Fear As Mysterious Insurgency Grows Deadlier
At least four people have been beheaded while five were seriously injured in an attack on the village of Manila. An emerging pattern suggests the potential beginnings of an Islamist threat in Cabo Delgado - an impoverished province on the border with Tanzania where companies are developing one of the biggest gas finds in a decade. But little is known about the armed group or its motivations.
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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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Cabo Delgado, a province expected to become the centre of a natural gas industry after several promising discoveries, has been rocked by a spate of attacks on security forces and ... Read more »
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An unknown group of men thought to be Islamic fundamentalists, attacked the village of Monjane in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The village community leader. ... Read more »