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A fresh wave of brutal attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique has displaced at least 46,667 people in late July, compounding an already dire humanitarian crisis in the Cabo Delgado province, UN agencies reported. The violence, concentrated between 20 and 28 July across Chiúre, Ancuabe, and Muidumbe districts, has driven total displacement this year […]
Russia and Mozambique reaffirmed their longstanding defense partnership during a diplomatic visit to Moscow by Mozambican Foreign Minister Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas. The talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov highlighted both countries’ commitment to strengthening military cooperation and expanding economic ties, particularly in the energy sector. Lavrov pledged continued Russian support for enhancing […]
At least 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Islamist insurgents in Mozambique’s northern oil-rich Cabo Delgado province, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported, adding that they were reportedly being forced into labor, used to transport looted goods, and in some cases turned into child soldiers or forced into marriage. The kidnappings mark […]
Over 1,500 inmates escaped during a riot in the high-security Machava prison near in Mozambique’s capital Maputo that left 33 people dead and 15 injured on Wednesday (25 December), according to police general commander Bernardino Rafael. About 1,534 people escaped during the massive prison break, of whom about one tenth have since been recaptured. The […]
The recent surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has been fueled by an influx of Islamist fighters of different nationalities from other parts of Africa, experts and observers warn. After several months of relative calm, Mozambique’s troubled Cabo Delgado province has been, since the beginning of 2024, […]
Seven survivors and relatives of victims have launched a legal action against French company TotalEnergies for “involuntary manslaughter and failure to assist a person in danger” following a bloody 2021 Islamic State-linked jihadist attack in northern Mozambique. Victims and their families accuse the French energy giant, which ran a $20 billion liquefied natural gas project […]
Italian oil and gas major Eni started drilling new exploration well off the coast of Mozambique, while the country’s authorities have green-lighted the resumption of the $20 billion Cabo Delgado gas project, in which TotalEnergies owns an operating stake of 26.5%, The Italian oil and gas giant Eni is drilling its first exploration well in […]
Amid continuing clashes between Mozambique’s federal forces and other African allies against Islamist militants in the Cabo Delgado Province, the country’s president Filipe Nyusi has called on Western energy companies to resume work, assuring them security situation had improved in the conflict-torn region. Addressing the Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit in Maputo Wednesday (14 September), […]
Islamist militants in the Mozambique’s northern Nampula province have killed six people, all by beheading, abducted three others and set dozens of houses on fire, Mozambique’s president confirmed, warning that the Islamist militant movement is spreading to new territory despite efforts by government and regional forces to contain it. Speaking live on national radio Wednesday […]