Mozambique

At first glance, a football tournament, a literacy drive, food distribution and a medical clinic might not seem like part of the fight against violent extremism. But several contingents in the multinational force in northern Mozambique’s…

ADF STAFF Northern Mozambique’s Nangade district has been one of the country’s most volatile areas throughout the conflict in the Cabo Delgado province. Only six of the district’s 51 villages have been untouched by violence since…

ADF STAFF The United States in mid-September committed $80 million to the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) to supply four Bell 412EP helicopters to help the country respond to crises. The grant includes three years of service, parts and…

Maj. Gen. Hendrick Thuthu Rakgantswana became chief of Botswana’s Air Arm Command in 2021 after serving in the Air Force since 1986. Rakgantswana has served as squadron commander of the Fixed-Wing Air Mobility Squadron and has piloted the…

ADF STAFF Joint operations by the Armed Forces of Mozambique (FADM) and partner militaries in August killed three leaders of the Ahl al-Sunna wal-Jama’a (ASWJ) extremist group that has terrorized Cabo Delgado province for years. FADM…

ADF STAFF Two reports shed light on the growing connection between Islamic State group affiliates in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For the first time, the United Nations Group of Experts on the DRC highlighted…

ADF STAFF In northern Nigeria and northern Mozambique, two violent extremist groups are separated by thousands of kilometers but connected by certain characteristics. Both emerged in regions where state security was largely absent and…

ADF STAFF Joyous singing and dancing punctuated a June 23 ceremony in Maputo to celebrate the end of a dark era in Mozambique’s history. Dancers symbolically exchanged wooden props, replacing assault rifles with shovels and hoes.…

ADF STAFF Although military and intelligence operations have weakened al-Qaida in recent years, the extremist group is trying to make a comeback, and its focus is on Africa. A recent report by Modern Diplomacy noted that the “primary…

ADF STAFF Signs of hard-won incremental progress have appeared in Mozambique’s fight against the violent extremist insurgency that has plagued its northern province of Cabo Delgado since 2017. Two years ago, the Battle of Palma marked an…