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On guard: Rwandan soldiers patrol the Afungi Peninsula in the Palma district of Cabo Delgado province, near Total’s liquid natural gas facility. A contingent of a thousand Rwandan soldiers have, since July 2021, been in Mozambique to fight insurgents. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP)
ANTONY BLINKEN

Bonomado Machude Omar, Mozambique’s most wanted man

The leader of the insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province is described as ‘sinister and brutal’ but ‘with a sense of justice’

  • Luis Nhachote, The Continent
  • Milda Quaria, The Continent
7 min read
Soldiers patrol in front of a burned truck carrying the inscription “Shabaab Chinja” referring to the jihadist group in Mocimboa da Praia. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP)
AL SHABAB

Mozambique’s Rapale camp: A transit to nowhere

The strife in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 800 000 people. Some have found their way to the Rapale transit centre, where they are struggling to survive as foreign and…

  • Luis Nhachote, The Continent
  • The Continent
3 min read
Macomia district in the province of Cabo Delgado, which is expected to become the centre of a gas industry, has seen a string of assaults on security forces and civilians, but no one has claimed responsibility. (Emidio Josine/AFP)
AFUNGI PENINSULA

The insurgency in northern Mozambique has got worse. Why?

Mozambique needs to restructure its defence force and build an alliance with its neighbour Tanzania in preparation for a drawn-out struggle against ‘jihadists’

  • Alex Vines
6 min read