Mosambik

The governments of Mozambique and France reaffirmed on Tuesday, in Paris, their commitment to strengthen cooperation in the areas of Defence and Security, with special emphasis on combating terrorism.

1 September marked the second anniversary of the EU Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique (EUMAM Moz) … Since it was mandated and became operational, EUMAM Moz has provided more than 70 programmes to 2 000 Mozambican military personnel across any number of military disciplines. These include leadership, logistics, legal and gender advisory support, civil-military co-operation, military health and engineering, counter-terrorism and communications.

The UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ben Saul, urged the government of Mozambique on Friday to strengthen its efforts to protect human rights when combating terrorism and to address the root causes of the conflict.

Rwanda will withdraw its counterinsurgency troops from Mozambique if the mission’s foreign backers don’t maintain “sustainable funding,” the foreign minister said on Saturday. … Last week, the U.S. State Department imposed visa restrictions on “several senior Rwandan officials for fueling instability” in eastern Congo, intensifying pressure on the East African country after sanctions that targeted Rwanda’s military.

Despite sustained counter-insurgency operations and foreign troop deployments in Mozambique’s north, armed groups remain active and capable of adapting to evolving security pressures. This persistence underscores the limitations of a security-first approach and highlights the need to reconsider dialogue as a core component of conflict resolution. 

The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of the largest displacement surges of the year, the UN warned on Friday. According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, 107,000 people have fled their homes in recent weeks, pushing total displacement in just the past four months to 330,000.

Intensified attacks on villages and the rapid spillover of the conflict into previously safe districts force tens of thousands of people to flee across northern Mozambique, with close to 100,000 displaced in the past fortnight alone, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says.

Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due to a resurgence in fighting across Cabo Delgado, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday. The surge in displacement in late September marks a turning point in the conflict – now entering its eighth year – with more than 100,000 people already uprooted during 2025.

Insurgents linked to the Islamic State group in northern Mozambique killed four civilians in an attack on the town of Macomia, a local military official and residents told AFP on Monday. Renewed attacks have been reported in recent months in Cabo Delgado province, where the insurgency has been raging since 2017, … .

President Chapo tells Al Jazeera about his vision for peace, security, unity and prosperity, in a year of social and political upset.