In recent years, Mozambique has become the focus of increasing international investment in the exploration and exploitation of its abundant mineral resources, but ongoing instability creates challenges for the security of operating companies and their workers. Mozambique and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank
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In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to fight with insurgents. Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF | | UN News
A woman walks through the Internally Displaced Person camp “25 de junho,” in Metuge, Mozambique on May 20, 2021. © 2021 JOHN WESSELS/AFP via Getty Images Allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of women in exchange for humanitarian aid have reemerged in Mozambique, this time among people displaced by armed Islamist groups in the northern Cabo Delgado province. Last […]
Rwandan forces deployed last month to help Mozambique’s army battle rebels said on Sunday they have recaptured control of the key northern port of Mocimboa da Praia from the armed group. “The port city of Mocimboa da Praia, a major stronghold of the insurgency for more than two years has been captured by Rwandan and Mozambican […]
DAVID BREWSTER writes: In recent days, military advance teams from South Africa and Botswana began to deploy to northern Mozambique to support governments forces in their fight against a growing Islamist insurgency. They will join Rwandan combat troops and military training contingents from Europe and the United States. But there is little cause for optimism. There is a significant risk that […]
Rwanda has started deploying 1,000-strong forces to Mozambique to help it combat worsening violence in the gas-rich northern Cabo Delgado province. The announcement came on Friday after the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved last month the deployment of joint forces to help Mozambique respond to the nearly four-year-old conflict, which has killed some […]
After months of deliberation and inconclusive meetings about addressing violence in northern Mozambique, leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed on Wednesday to send a regional military force to help government forces to fight an armed group affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS). Regional Force in Mozambique Should Prioritize Civilian Protection | Human Rights Watch […]
Near-total disappearance of food sources has created a ‘full-blown nutrition emergency’ in southern Madagascar, World Food Programme warns. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/famine-looms-in-southern-madagascar-uns-food-agency-says
Attacks marked major intensification in violence that has wreaked havoc across Cabo Delgado province for over three years. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/30/un-nearly-30000-flee-mozambique-attacks-since-late-march
Winnie Byanyima UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director for UNAIDS The country needs urgent help with debt relief and humanitarian aid. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/27/with-global-solidarity-mozambique-can-overcome-its-crisis
Thousands of displaced people stream into Pemba and other parts of northern Mozambique after attack on town of Palma. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/inconsolable-tears-as-huge-crisis-unfolding-in-mozambique
Security contractor says bodies lying on the streets of the coastal city, situation still chaotic after a rebel attack. Mozambique: Efforts continue to rescue civilians from Palma | Mozambique News | Al Jazeera