Mozambique’s Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP) launched on Tuesday what could be Africa’s largest mangrove reforestation project, in partnership with a company based in Abu Dhabi which plans to use carbon credits to pay for the project. Blue Forest expects to plant between 50 million and 100 million trees as part of the 30-year partnership, across 185,000 hectares of mangrove forests in the provinces of Sofala and Zambézia. These trees could ultimately “offset around 200,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year… the equivalent of taking 50,000 cars off the road,” according to a joint statement released…

Al Shabaab and IS are increasing their media operations as the two groups battle for supremacy in east and central Africa

Disparities over Cabo Delgado data raise questions about government methodology and show the difficulty of tracking the insurgency

Insurgents have attacked Meluco district in Cabo Delgado for the tenth time this month, beheading one man in a field near Mitambo village

Throughout December, as described in Cabo Ligado’s weekly reporting, SADC forces continued to battle insurgents, mainly in Macomia and Nangade districts, killing a number of insurgents, but also taking several casualties themselves. Cabo Ligado has secured insight into SAMIM’s own internal assessments of progress and challenges in Cabo Delgado. The assessments were made ahead of SADC’s January 2022 Summit that extended SAMIM operations for an expected six months. The assessment is a sobering reflection of an array of operational and logistical issues in play, setting a scene for strengthening counterinsurgency operations and strategic planning in the months ahead. Following the…

After a June 2020 security brief criticised Mozambique’s armed forces, Maputo went looking for support

With the government predicting that insurgent violence is winding down, it has decided to inaugurate a phase of post-conflict reconstruction by drawing up a reconstruction plan for Cabo Delgado