An unspecified number of police officers have been reported missing after an attack on a mining site in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province. The raiders, believed to be Islamist militants, set alight various mining equipment, as well as vehicles and motorcycles.
The raid led to an interruption of mining activities in the area as miners abandoned the site. Through its channels, the Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it caused significant damage.
Mozambique: Police Officers Missing Following Terrorist Attack
AIM, 22 October 2025
An unspecified number of police officers from the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR - the Mozambican riot police) are reported missing following an attack believed to have been carried… Read more »
October marks the eighth year since the armed insurgency in the country's northern Cabo Delgado province, with attacks occurring on a "near-daily basis" as terrorism continues to pose a serious threat to local communities.
Despite responding almost exclusively with a military approach, deploying state forces, private military companies, and foreign troops to Cabo Delgado, the government has not succeeded in neutralising the threat,
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In northern Mozambique, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its medical activities due to an escalation of violence.
In the Cabo Delgado province, armed incursions have threatened, killed, and forced civilians to flee the town since early September.
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Jihadist fighters have ramped up attacks on villages in several districts of the troubled Cabo Delgado province in recent weeks, engaging in clashes with Mozambican and Rwandan soldiers in the area. The militants are also reported to have set up road blocks and hindered humanitarian supplies to thousands of displaced people.
More than 6,000 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 2017, and tens of
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Clashes between jihadis and Mozambican security forces have made Cabo Delgado unstable (file photo).
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