[ACLEDdata] By the Numbers
Data highlights in Cabo Delgado province (6 - 19 April 2026)
- At least 11 political violence events (2,356 in total since 1 October 2017)
- At least 9 total reported fatalities from political violence (6,527 since 1 October 2017)
- At least 4 reported civilian fatalities (2,739 since 1 October 2017)
- At least 10 political violence events involving ISM across Mozambique (2,184 since 1 October 2017)
Logistics corridors to Tanzania for the insurgents remain open on both land and sea. A spate of incidents in Nangade district involved new arrivals from across the border. Security forces captured 10 while at least one other group, which attacked two settlements, was active in the district. The incidents indicate that support networks in Tanzania remain active and continue to supply recruits to Islamic State Mozambique (ISM). Further south, ISM fighters attacked villages west of Macomia town and are moving further west to gold mines in Meluco district.
SITUATION SUMMARY
Tanzanian fighters captured in Nangade
Insurgents have been active in Nangade district for the first time since December. On 14 April, Mozambican security forces captured 10 Tanzanians, suspected insurgents, close to Mandimba in the north of Nangade region. The following day, another group of ISM militants attacked Machava, a farming settlement less than 20 kilometers further south, with no reported fatalities. On 20 April, they entered Nkonga, a village in central Nangade, looking for food.
According to a local source, these attacks were undertaken by ISM recruits who had crossed from Tanzania, and the attacks were attempts to procure food for the journey south toward Macomia. According to the source, the group captured at Mandimba had regrouped there after failing to find a route south.
Tanzanian boat intercepted by navy, then ISM
The Tanzania connection was also evident on the coast, where a Tanzanian fishing boat had the misfortune of being targeted first by a Mozambican navy patrol, and days later by ISM. On 12 April, a navy patrol stopped the boat as it was moving north between Matemo and Rolas islands, in Ibo district. According to two sources, the boat, which was carrying shellfish, was taken to Rolas Island where the Tanzanian captain was forced to pay a bribe of up to 20,000 meticais to continue the journey.
Two days later the boat was stopped by ISM at the mouth of the Messalo river. The captain had taken that route hoping to avoid navy patrols operating from Quilanhune Island. ISM held the boat overnight until a ransom was paid. The insurgents also seized the cargo before allowing the boat to continue its voyage back to Tanzania.
On land, ISM militants were active in Mocímboa da Praia. On 8 April, near Nachiji village south of Mocímboa da Praia town, a group of insurgents stopped a trader on a motorbike and stole her goods and 7,000 meticais in cash. They continued to Nabaje village, just 14 km south of Mocímboa da Praia on the coast. There they took foodstuffs, then left in a stolen boat.
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