Mozambique

The city of Palma in northeastern Mozambique is being evacuated following the terrorist attack that began on Wednesday, March 24. The jihadists from the Al-Shabab group, affiliated with the Islamic State group, had taken control of this city with 75,000 inhabitants in the province of Cabo Delgado. Mozambican security forces are now there, facing "terrorist pockets", according to a national television bulletin. According to the Mozambican government, dozens of people have been killed since Wednesday in Palma. Dozens of…

An armed militant group believed to be linked to the Daesh terrorist group took control of a city in northern Mozambique and killed several people, including at least one foreign worker, near a major gas project involving France's Total and other energy companies, security sources said on Saturday. . Militants first raided the town of Palma in the northern province of Cabo Delgado on Wednesday, forcing nearly 200 people, including foreign gas workers, to be evacuated from a hotel where they had sought refuge. No one…

In Mozambique, the port city of Palma, in the northeastern part of the country, fell into the hands of jihadist fighters on Saturday who have promised faith in the Islamic group after several days of fighting. A surprise attack was launched on Wednesday and caused hundreds of people to flee. According to security sources, the fighting in the area continues after all. The situation in Palma is uncertain tonight. But security sources quoted by AFP admit that the city has really fallen into the hands of jihadist commands…

Uncertainty remains in northeastern Mozambique, where the French hydrocarbon group Total announced on Wednesday the resumption of construction work on the gas site, which would be operational in 2024. On the same day, suspected jihadists attacked the city of Palma. After withdrawing its staff from the Afungi plant in early…

French energy giant Total will resume construction of its $ 20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Mozambique after the government increased security, the company said on Wednesday. In January, following a nearby attack, Total withdrew most of its workforce from its place in Mozambique's northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, where there has been an uprising since 2017, now linked to the so-called Central African Province (ISCAP) in Daesh's terrorist group. . The company asked the…

Children as young as 11 were beheaded in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Tuesday as the humanitarian crisis escalated, with nearly 670,000 people displaced by the extremist uprising. Save the Children said it had spoken to displaced families describing "scary scenes" of murder, including mothers whose young sons were killed. In one case, the woman hid helplessly with her three other children when her 12-year-old was murdered nearby. "That…

On Wednesday, March 11, the United States designated the ADF, the allied democratic forces active in the DRC, and Daesh Mozambique as "foreign terrorist organizations" and "specifically designated global terrorist groups". These classifications, which include their respective leaders, Seka Musa Baluku and Abu Yasir Hassan, have resulted in a number of sanctions.…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a $ 12 million humanitarian appeal late Thursday to improve deteriorating health and safety conditions for women and girls in northeastern Mozambique. In a statement, the UN authority said it was urgent to provide life-saving sexual and reproductive health services to 330,000 women, girls and young people affected by the humanitarian crisis in the province of Cabo Delgado, as well as by the secondary effects of the coronavirus pandemic . An armed…

The Russian security company Wagner Group is known for its heavy presence in war-torn Libya and is reportedly expanding across the African continent, interfering in conflicts and working for the Kremlin's interests. The Wagner Group was formed in 2014 in Ukraine and is owned by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, and is intensely involved in several conflicts, not only in Ukraine but also around the world, from the Middle East to Latin America. However, the group's most famous presence has taken place in…

Extremists, government forces and a "private militia" supporting authority have indiscriminately killed hundreds of civilians in Mozambique's troubled northeastern region, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Violence perpetrated by armed Islamists in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado has left at least 2,600 people dead since 2017, about half of them civilians, according to a non-governmental organization called Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), Agence France- Press (AFP)…