Tag: Cabo Delgado

39 killed, 1,000 displaced by new Islamist group terrorising Mozambique

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39 killed, 1,000 displaced by new Islamist group terrorising Mozambique
In Mozambique, details have emerged of the recent attacks carried out by a new Islamist militant group, Ahlu Sunnah Wa-Jamâ, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. Until recently, little was known about the group known locally as ‘Al-Shabaab’, though there is no evidence to establish connections with the Somali . . . Read More

Did Mozambique beheadings signal emergence of jihad in southern Africa?

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Mozambique experienced its first confirmed Islamist attack on October 2017. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)
Recent attacks attributed to Islamist militants in Mozambique have raised alarms over the emergence of a jihadist movement in the southern half of Africa – a section of the continent previously relatively untroubled by violent Islamist extremism. Little, if anything, was known about the group behind the attacks, in October . . . Read More

‘Careful response needed’ after Mozambique’s first Islamist attack

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Mozambiques President Filipe Nyusi addresses the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York on 21 September 2016. (Photo: Getty Images)
Mozambique experienced its first confirmed Islamist attack earlier this month when a local group raided three police stations in the coastal town of Mocimboa da Praia. Now a “careful response” is required from the government, says African historian Eric Morier-Genoud. A group of about 30 armed men launched the attack . . . Read More