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Forgotten Cape – Extremist violence in Northern Mozambique

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Názov: Forgotten Cape – Extremist violence in Northern Mozambique
Autori: Károly Gergely
Zdroj: Belügyi Szemle, Vol 73, Iss 3 (2025)
Informácie o vydavateľovi: Ministry of Interior of Hungary, 2025.
Rok vydania: 2025
Predmety: JF20-2112, ISIS, Cabo Delgado, insurgency, anti-insurgency, terrorism, Political institutions and public administration (General)
Popis: Aim: The aim of the study is to provide an overview of the violent extremist insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province with a special emphasis on developments in 2023 and 2024. Methods: The study is based on the review of secondary literature, open source information, as well as Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project’s (ACLED) relevant data. Findings: The study confirms the recommendations of previous research regarding the importance of a holistic approach to anti-insurgency operations. The study found that despite achieving successes on the battlefield, the government of Mozambique has failed to address the root causes of the insurgency and to pursue a well-rounded policy which in turn allowed the insurgents to rebuild and conduct more operations in the first months of 2024. The study outlines the importance of adapting one's approach to the devising and the implementation of an anti-insurgency strategy in response to changing circumstances and new information Value: By 2021, both scholarly and mainstream media took notice of the violent extremists’ activities which by that point had displaced over 800,000 people. However, with Mozambique’s call for help to the international community and a string of victories on the battlefield, the insurgency essentially disappeared from mainstream discourse. This study fills this gap and provides an up-to-date summary of the insurgency’s activities as well as tentative confirmation of the validity of previous research.
Druh dokumentu: Article
ISSN: 2677-1632
2062-9494
DOI: 10.38146/bsz-ajia.2025.v73.i3.pp665-682
Prístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/9aa8d7ee694a46a7ba2e94bf83090edd
Rights: CC BY NC ND
Prístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....00a8a57c575cd29b3705e374c4cce65b
Databáza: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:Aim: The aim of the study is to provide an overview of the violent extremist insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province with a special emphasis on developments in 2023 and 2024. Methods: The study is based on the review of secondary literature, open source information, as well as Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project’s (ACLED) relevant data. Findings: The study confirms the recommendations of previous research regarding the importance of a holistic approach to anti-insurgency operations. The study found that despite achieving successes on the battlefield, the government of Mozambique has failed to address the root causes of the insurgency and to pursue a well-rounded policy which in turn allowed the insurgents to rebuild and conduct more operations in the first months of 2024. The study outlines the importance of adapting one's approach to the devising and the implementation of an anti-insurgency strategy in response to changing circumstances and new information Value: By 2021, both scholarly and mainstream media took notice of the violent extremists’ activities which by that point had displaced over 800,000 people. However, with Mozambique’s call for help to the international community and a string of victories on the battlefield, the insurgency essentially disappeared from mainstream discourse. This study fills this gap and provides an up-to-date summary of the insurgency’s activities as well as tentative confirmation of the validity of previous research.
ISSN:26771632
20629494
DOI:10.38146/bsz-ajia.2025.v73.i3.pp665-682