Local militia foil Mueda prison break
A prisoner who escaped from Mueda’s district prison, Cadeia Distrital de Mueda in Cabo Delgado province on Saturday afternoon was recaptured by local militia within 30 minutes
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Profile: Mozambican insurgent leader Juma Saide Mussa
Footage has emerged of a captive who claims to have commanded maritime operations for the insurgency in Cabo Delgado
Allied forces failing to contain insurgent attacks in northern Cabo Delgado
Mozambican and regional allied forces are struggling to contain insurgent attacks and stabilise security in Cabo Delgado province’s northern districts bordering Tanzania
Local militia capture suspected insurgents in Nangade
Pro-government local militia forces in two different villages in Nangade district, Cabo Delgado province, captured two suspected insurgents on Saturday, 25 December
South African soldier killed in heavy clashes in Cabo Delgado’s Macomia district
At least one member of South Africa’s military was killed in fighting between Mozambican and allied forces and Islamist insurgents in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, over the past weekend
Managing suspicion of civilians in Cabo Delgado
As the conflict’s geographic footprint expands, it will only become more important to curb the government’s tendency toward violent repression of populations it deems at risk of collaborating with the insurgency
SADC mission to Mozambique faces questions over its future
As the SAMIM mission heads towards the end of its current mandated deployment in mid-January, the mission faces a series of unresolved questions about its long-term future
The future of LNG on both sides of the Ruvuma
The commercialization of natural gas reserves in Mozambique and Tanzania will remain central to public safety, national security, and political power in both countries in coming years
Shifting responsibilities in Mozambique’s northern theatre
If RDF troops become the sine qua non of security provision in northern Mozambique, it will both stretch the resources of the Rwandan deployment and leave the security situation in the region hostage to the whims of the Rwandan government
Western Union suspends services in, and for, Cabo Delgado
Western Union has suspended money transfers for people in, and from, Cabo Delgado — apparently for fear of terror financing, though neither it nor the regulator has said why