Cabo Delgado

Eight years of violence and displacement but the lives of the people here do not make headlines

The effects of offshore gas projects contribute to a humanitarian crisis, and mainly only the companies and countries of the north benefit from the profits and commodities

Regional peace in Southern Africa requires a political and military solution working in tandem

With the change in leadership of Frelimo, the country is likely to have a new president after the elections on 9 October

Bonomade Machude Omar was one of the leaders of the insurgency that has sought to impose Islamic law in the north of Mozambique

However, the decreased number of attacks does not mean peace has descended upon Cabo Delgado

A military intervention won’t end the conflict. A peacebuilding process including disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration, is needed

Military interventions will not solve the underlying problems that caused the ‘insurgency’ in the first place

Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region has been hit by two insurgent attacks in three days

First came the insurgency. Then the humanitarian crisis. Now the remaining residents of Cabo Delgado are facing economic ruin

Insurgents have moved into villages that used to be safe, forcing people to flee. That instability is driving widespread hunger

Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela uses the continent’s security problems as a prism through which to cast his dark agenda against Israel into the minds of Africa’s youth

What seems to have informed South African Development Community’s new approach is the need to enhance the gains made in controlling the insurgency

People live a ‘hellish existence’ in countries such as South Sudan, northern Mozambique, the DRC but these are a blip on the international media’s news cycle

Between Africa and Europe, is it possible to talk of a win-win partnership, of complementarity and common interests?