A London-based charity, Save the Children, has said child abductions are becoming “a new and alarmingly regular tactic by armed groups” in Mozambique. Mozambique is one of the seven countries in the sub-Saharan Africa with large-scale terrorism linked to the expansion of the Islam States (ISIS) affiliates in the region. According to the charity in …
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Humanitarian organisations on the ground in North-East Nigeria have been on the frontline of the war against Boko Haram, with aid workers putting themselves directly in the line of fire. Aid organisations, among them the United Nations World Food Programme, Action Against Hunger (ACF) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) and many others, …
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Islamist militants occupied a key port in gas-rich northern Mozambique on Wednesday following days of attacks claimed by an Islamic State-affiliated group, a military source and local media said. The port of Mocimboa da Praia was captured by the terrorists at dawn, while a military source told AFP news agency that the small town and …
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At least eight people have been killed in two separate attacks this week by terrorists in the north of Cabo Delgado, HumAngle has learned. The attacks took place in the main village of Mocimboa da Praia and Macomia in the administrative post of Chai, from Tuesday at about 8p.m. to Wednesday at 6p.m., resulting in …
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South Africa’s Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said following the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado, the likelihood of the country to help Mozambique is going to be discussed behind closed doors. She said the matter would be discussed in the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) – a parliamentary committee that only meets …
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Without giving clear figures on how many were captured so far, Mozambican authorities say they will punish Islamic insurgents terrorising the northern province of Cabo Delgado over the past three years, in a reign of violence that has killed over 1,000 people and created more than 200,000 internally displaced persons. Speaking on Wednesday, in the …
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Fresh attacks by the Islamic State aligned terrorists erupted in the Mocimboa da Praia municipality, in the northern province of Cabo Delegado. Mozambican government forces said the insurgents had been subdued. According to Defence and security officials, “the terrorists ventured to attack Mocímboa da Praia last June 27. But the Defence and Security Forces have …
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Early morning of Saturday, June 27, 2020 Mozambicans in the Indian ocean coastal districts of Mocimboa da Praia, in the province of Cabo Delgado were jolted from sleep. It was about 4 am. HumAngle sources in Mocimboa da Praia, said there was pandemonium as heavy gun shots broke the morning chill. Families made desperate dash …
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Mozambican authorities have announced the killing of six members of the Islamist terrorist group carrying out attacks in Cabo Delgado and the dicovery of a mass grave with bodies of insurgents in Mocímboa da Praia. The six insurgents were reportedly killed on Sunday during patrol operations by the Defence and Security Forces in Mocímboa da …
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For three days last week Islamic insurgents occupied the village of Macomia, where they ransacked, destroyed government buildings as well as key infrastructure, such as electricity and communication towers. They entered the village by 1a.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2020, without resistance from government defence and security forces and left on Saturday, May 30, 2020, …
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