After several months of relative calm, Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado province has been thrown into turmoil as Islamist insurgents increase their international network in Africa.Repeated clashes between armed insurgents and security forces have been rife in several coastal towns. As a result, around 100,000 people, including over 61,000 children, were displaced between early February and early March, according to the UN migration agency.in 2019.
"There, they pursue their political goals according to a script dictated by the Islamic State . According to IS, Cabo Delgado is supposed to be integrated into a caliphate to be established along the entire Swahili coast."Fernando Cardoso asserted that Islamist terrorist groups in Africa are becoming increasingly interconnected, making it easier for them to respond to advances by security forces.
"More and more fighters of different nationalities -- mainly Congolese, Ugandans, and Tanzanians, but also Kenyans and South Africans -- are streaming into Cabo Delgado," Sidumo told DW. rebel group, which has been entrenched in the impassable border area between Congo and Uganda since 2007, have trained the"Shababs" in Mozambique.
This system is now gradually being transferred to neighboring countries in the region, especially to northern Mozambique, according to Mahamba.
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