Jihadists Attacks Escalate In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province
Jihadist fighters have ramped up attacks on villages in several districts of the troubled Cabo Delgado province in recent weeks, engaging in clashes with Mozambican and Rwandan soldiers in the area. The militants are also reported to have set up road blocks and hindered humanitarian supplies to thousands of displaced people.
More than 6,000 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 2017, and tens of thousands more were displaced. The violence has disrupted the construction of a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas terminal in the region.
Troops from the regional Southern African Development Community, which were deployed in 2021 in response to a request for help by the Mozambican government, withdrew last year. A Rwandan military contingent has been helping the Mozambican military counter the Jihadists.
