Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 20 July 2022 Jul 20 Agenda: Today: Uzra…...

Until last week, there had not been a recorded attack in Palma for six months and insurgents were officially driven out of Palma at the beginning of February

Up to now, the large and impressive Rwandan force had been confined to liberating and securing the districts of Palma and Mocimboa da Praia, of direct importance to Mozambique’s LNG projects

Mozambican rapid response police in Palma allegedly tortured three civilians, two of them to death, suspecting they were terrorists

The conflict appears to be an irregular insurgency against the Mozambican state, but it retains close links to global jihad

The attacks were thought to be carried out by two separate groups of insurgents, one moving from Chacamba to Rovuma, and the other from Litingina to Namatil

Welcome to Zitamar’s daily Mozambique briefing for 4 February 2022 Feb 4 Agenda: Today: President…...

Patrick Pouyanné said his objective was for work to restart in 2022, but said more progress is still needed before Cabo Delgado reaches “sustainable security”

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

The conflict in Cabo Delgado has shifted traditional trade arrangements either side of the Ruvuma river. Local merchants in Cabo Delgado now buy mostly manufactured goods in Tanzania, while food is bought domestically, mostly in Pemba