A local militia called the Naparama emerged last year to fight insurgents in Cabo Delgado, rooted in an infamous predecessor of the same name, which formed in the late 1980s to fight on the Frelimo side of the Mozambican civil war

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Islamist insurgents launched an incursion into Balama on Saturday – the last district in Cabo Delgado province that had not yet been attacked – and killed at least five people

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on a ruby mine on 20 October, saying the company had “stolen the wealth of Muslims” and boasting of causing “great economic losses to the owners in India”

Armed insurgents disguised as Mozambican soldiers launched an unprecedented incursion into Namuno district on Saturday morning, killing two and forcing 1,000 to flee

An insurgent thrust south through the Chiure district of Cabo Delgado province has left at least three people dead in the last week, with insurgents now poised to potentially cross the Lúrio river into Nampula province