Five Years On - Over 800,000 Displaced by Mozambique Insurgency
Despite the military support that Mozambique is receiving from troops sent by neighboring countries and Rwanda, the insurgents are far from defeated as a new offensive in the northern province of Cabo Delgado undermines the government's claims of containing the insurgency.
Southern African and Rwandan regional forces which have been fighting in Mozambique's northern most province of Cabo Delgado since July 2021 are dispersing insurgents - but also driving them further west and south, displacing more civilians, reports Joseph Hanlon for Mozambique News Reports And Clippings.
The war started in 2017 when young people in Mocimboa da Praia attacked the local police station and army post, capturing weapons. Since then, more than 4,000 people have been killed and 800,000 forced from their homes.
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Mozambique:
Cabo Delgado War - Insurgency Continues in 8 Districts
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings, 31 August 2022
Fighting continued in July and August with attacks in Palma and Mocimboa da Praia districts, near the district towns, in the gas zone which is supposed to be safe. Between 18 and… Read more »
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Southern Africa:
SADC Extends Military Mission in Cabo Delgado
AIM, 22 August 2022
The countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on 17 August renewed the mandate of the SADC military mission in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Cabo Delgado Health Units Reopening
AIM, 7 August 2022
The Mozambican health authorities are reopening most of the 34 health units wrecked by islamist terrorists in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, according to the director of… Read more »
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Southern Africa:
Cabo Delgado - Rwanda, SADC Forces Rescue Over 600 Hostages
New Times, 4 August 2022
Rwandan security forces alongside their Mozambican counterparts and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces have rescued over 600 hostages in Cabo Delgado. Read more »
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Mozambique:
Three New Developments in the Cabo Delgado Crisis
MSF, 8 July 2022
The northern province of Cabo Delgado is one of Mozambique’s most volatile regions, the scene of an intense conflict since October 2017, resulting in some 800,000 people… Read more »
InFocus
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Southern African and Rwandan regional forces which have been fighting in Mozambique's northern most province of Cabo Delgado since July 2021 are dispersing insurgents - but also ... Read more »
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Insurgents have destroyed 31 of the 130 health units that existed in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago.
The ... Read more »
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Over just the last two weeks, insurgents in the province of Cabo Delgado have been active in four districts which never suffered guerrilla attacks before, reports Joseph Hanlon. ... Read more »
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A new report from a civil society observer group says that despite successful multi-national military action against insurgents in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, "the ... Read more »
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Terror attacks that have been plaguing parts of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado since October 2017 has left ver 400,000 children displaced, National Director for ... Read more »
Rescued hostages in Cabo Delgado (file photo).