Ensuring sustainable return of displaced people in northern Cabo Delgado will depend to a great extent on ensuring that local businesses can re-establish themselves. But the challenges in terms of security, basic infrastructure, and financial services are considerable

Rwandan and Mozambican security forces escorted the first lot of displaced people back to Mocímboa da Praia from Quitunda, on the edge of the Mozambique LNG project, last week

Market conditions are creating additional pressure for TotalEnergies to resume work on its Mozambique LNG project, but Afungi is still not as safe as it needs to be

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

Cabo Ligado analyses the military challenges around civilian protection as displaced people return to the conflict zone

Cabo Ligado’s latest monthly report takes a look at the inducements and challenges shaping decisions by displaced civilians about when to return to their homes

Electricity has been restored to parts of the district of Palma, Cabo Delgado, after more than a year without mains power

Civilians in some conflict-hit parts of Cabo Delgado are reporting they feel safer since foreign troops joined the counter-insurgency effort

Mozambique’s Defense and Security Forces (FDS) on Tuesday warned civilians living in the area around Palma town that they must leave their villages by Monday 19 July to go to the nearby village of Quitunda, a local source told Zitamar News

People in IDP camps in southern Cabo Delgado resent the presence of soldiers and the military — who forced them to flee their homes in the first place