Mozambique

ADF STAFF The Botswana Defence Force took possession of a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft provided by the U.S. in a transfer ceremony during the African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Gaborone. Known for its toughness and versatility,…

ADF STAFF The Islamic State group (IS) claims that it committed 788 attacks globally in the first half of 2024. Of those attacks, 536 were in Africa, where the terror group killed 2,142 people. More than half of the continent’s total…

ADF STAFF The Islamic State group is operating in new places and using new tactics in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province after losing key leaders and being driven from former bases. The IS has increased the use of improvised explosive…

ADF STAFF Mozambican Defense and Security Forces have developed a strong relationship with residents of the Quissanga district in the embattled Cabo Delgado province since they deployed before municipal elections last year. The…

ADF STAFF As members of the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) begin to withdraw from the Cabo Delgado region, Tanzania is developing a strategy to protect itself from resurgent terrorism just over its…

ADF STAFF Since deploying in 2021, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) has helped reduce the presence of Islamic State-affiliated terrorists in the Cabo Delgado province from several thousand to…

ADF STAFF Joint security forces in northern Mozambique continued their seek-and-destroy operations against Islamic State-Mozambique (ISM) after the terror group launched another foray into the Nampula Province in April. “Insurgents…

ADF STAFF Extremists linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province are notorious for raiding and torching entire towns, beheading civilians and attacking security forces. However, IS-linked groups are…

ADF STAFF Chinese trawlers frequently fish illegally throughout the southwest Indian Ocean and their captains and crews routinely abuse foreign workers on board. New details about what goes on aboard the trawlers were revealed in a…

ADF STAFF A new postgraduate course in South Africa is designed to give security professionals the counterterror expertise necessary to respond to some of the continent’s most urgent threats. The Pretoria-based Institute for Security…