In recent weeks, after a long period of calm, attacks have been reported again in the country of Southeast Africa. In mid-May, about 40 gunmen attacked the towns of Makoma and Kiterazou, killing one police officer and three soldiers.
Unknown assailants attacked and set fire to three villages in the northern province of Campos Delgado in Mozambique, the country’s president, Philippe News, announced on Monday.
The attacks in the villages, in the district of Anquabe, were committed the day before yesterday, the head of state clarified. The perpetrators looted homes and forced thousands of residents to flee, President News added.
Jihadists have been raiding northern Mozambique since 2017, an area where French energy giant Total has led a billion-euro liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
In March 2021, the port of Palma was attacked by extremists with dozens of dead. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group later announced that the city had fallen into its hands.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced.
In recent weeks, after a long period of calm, attacks have been reported again in the country of Southeast Africa. In mid-May, about 40 gunmen attacked the towns of Makoma and Kiterazou, killing one police officer and three soldiers.
Mr Newzi announced last September that all areas occupied by jihadists had been recaptured.
Supporting the Mozambican Armed Forces, Rwanda and other countries in the Southern African Development Community (KAMA) have deployed more than 3,000 troops since July 2021 in impoverished Muslim-majority northern Mozambique. Tanzania.
In July 2021, the European Union approved the creation of a Training Mission with about 140 members. The trainers were mainly developed by Portugal, the former colonial power in Mozambique.
