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Rwandan Counter-Terrorism Special Units patrol streets in the town of Mocimboa Da Praia in Mozambique, December 2023.(Photo by Cyrile Ndegeya/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Mixed results for forces trying to combat Islamic insurgents in Mozambique

The SADC mission shows how difficult and costly it is to launch and run a large scale military operation, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and…

  • Thomas Mandrup
6 min read
Chris Maroleng
CABO DELGADO
Video

Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: Reflections on the state of conflict after five years

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

  • Derek Davey
9 min read
The insurgency in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province and the Southern African region’s military response to it have allegedly resulted in instances of human rights violations and war crimes. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images)
HEIG GEINGOB

Southern Africa military force investigates video showing soldiers apparently burning bodies in Mozambique

The Southern African Development Community says it does not condone the acts in the video and will take appropriate measures in line with international law

  • Eunice Masson
3 min read
Rwandan policemen guard The Total Mozambique LNG Project in Afungi in the Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on September 29, 2022. – Forces from Rwanda and other African countries, deployed in July 2021 after years of jihadist attacks, have helped Mozambique retake control of much of the province. (Photo by CAMILLE LAFFONT/AFP via Getty Images)
CABO DELGADO

Islamic extremists cannot be ‘left to linger’ in Mozambique

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

  • Eunice Masson
9 min read
Pressure: One of two South African Oryx helicopters are in Mozambique. (SAMIM)
CORPORAL TEBOGO RADEBE

Soldiers plead for more air support in Mozambique’s battle against insurgents

Budget deficits limit the South African National Defence Force’s ability to supply more aircraft for logistical support, attacks and evacuation

  • Erika Gibson
7 min read
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.
ANGOLA

SANDF sends ‘Goats’ to Mozambique to fight insurgents

South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents

  • Erika Gibson
5 min read
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has shown its first public and maritime presence in Pemba in northern Mozambique this weekend, with the arrival of the navy’s SAS Makhanda strike craft.
CABO DELGADO

South Africa Navy’s strike craft lands in Mozambique

We reveal details of the South African National Defence Force’s contribution to the Southern African Development Community’s military mission to rid Mozambique of insurgents

  • Erika Gibson
3 min read