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| Mozambique Conflict Monitor Update: 6 May 2026 |
| 2026-05-09 |
| By the Numbers Data highlights in Cabo Delgado province (20 April - 3 May 2026) At least 15 political violence events (2,371 in total since 1 October 2017) Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) clashed with Mozambican and Rwandan forces in Nangade and MocÃmboa da Praia districts, killing at least seven Mozambican soldiers and seizing weaponry. In the south of the province, a group of up to 100 fighters took over two artisanal gold mining sites, looking for gold in one and money in the other. At one site, they repelled a detachment of Mozambican soldiers before moving south, where they burned a well-known Catholic church, sparking considerable displacement. The group remains in the area, presenting a threat to civilian communities, as well as to artisanal and commercial mining operations. SITUATION SUMMARY ISM kills seven and displaces hundreds in northern Cabo Delgado Islamist insurgents remain active close to the Tanzanian border, adding weight to ongoing concerns that links with support networks across the border are currently operational. At least two groups of ISM militants have been active across the Mueda and Nangade districts bordering Tanzania. On 20 April, a group of about nine fighters entered Nkonga village in Nangade. As they often do, the fighters fired their weapons as they approached, prompting people to flee and clearing the way for the group to take supplies. Those who fled Nkonga were among the more than 700 people who, fearing attack, left villages in that part of Nangade district between 17 and 25 April, according to the International Organization for Migration. Three days later, a group of ISM fighters, likely those who appeared in Nkonga, attacked a Defense Armed Forces of Mozambique (FADM) outpost at Mitope, just over the district boundary in MocÃmboa da Praia. Islamic State (IS) media channels claimed that militants killed seven FADM soldiers in the attack. Photos released by IS showed soldiers clad in T-shirts, clearly not ready for combat. The group also seized weapons and ammunition. An image published in IS’ weekly al-Naba showed two incomplete mortars with ammunition, three medium machine guns, up to 25 other weapons including automatic rifles and small machine guns, and various types of ammunition. More at the link Related: Cabo Delgado province: 2026-04-25 Mozambique Conflict Monitor Update: 22 April 2026 Cabo Delgado province: 2026-02-25 IS-Mozambique ambushed a joint convoy of the Rwandan and Mozambican armies yesterday in the town of Congresso, Cabo Delgado province: 2025-12-13 IS-Mozambique carried out two consecutive ambushes against the Mozambican and Rwandan armies |
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