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OPINION: Lessons from history could blunt insurgency in resource-rich Mozambique

Trade, development, investment and jobs – not prolonged conflict – are key to calming northern Mozambique's extremist Islamist insurgency

Insurgency: Attacks by extremist Islamists in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique have increased year on year since starting in late 2017. A woman holds her younger child while standing in a burned out area in a village outside Macomia that was targeted in mid-2019.
Insurgency: Attacks by extremist Islamists in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique have increased year on year since starting in late 2017. A woman holds her younger child while standing in a burned out area in a village outside Macomia that was targeted in mid-2019.Photo: AFP/SCANPIX
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MozambiqueFilipe NyusiCabo DelgadoPortugalAfrica
Published 12 August 2020, 07:57Updated 12 August 2020, 09:08