Up to three were killed in an attack on a minibus just north of Mocímboa da Praía on Saturday, as the government continues to encourage displaced people to return to the area

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

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

Rwandan troops are in pursuit of a group of insurgents who have carried out a string of hit-and-run attacks in Nangade since Saturday, killing at least one civilian

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

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

Efforts to restore destroyed infrastructure and re-establish security are underway, but the authorities have not permitted the displaced population to come back

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

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